San Augustin Mountains
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The San Augustin Mountains are a small mountain subrange
at the southern terminus of the San Andres Mountains
east of Las Cruces, New Mexico
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lies at the southwest foothills; the townsite, White Sands, NM
lies to the southeast at the southwest of the Tularosa Valley
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The north of the range is delimited by Bear Canyon, an east-west canyon with its outlet to the northeast. Also north is the San Andres National Wildlife Refuge
which takes up about a 30 mi stretch of the San Andres Mountains ridgeline.
The high Black Mountain section is on the southeast of Bear Canyon, and is separated northeast from the ridgeline of the San Augustin's.
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San Augustin Mountains
Mountain range
A mountain range is a single, large mass consisting of a succession of mountains or narrowly spaced mountain ridges, with or without peaks, closely related in position, direction, formation, and age; a component part of a mountain system or of a mountain chain...
at the southern terminus of the San Andres Mountains
San Andres Mountains
The San Andres Mountains are a mountain range in the southwestern U.S. state of New Mexico, in the counties of Socorro, Sierra, and Doña Ana. The range extends about 75 miles north to south, but are only about 12 miles wide at their widest...
east of Las Cruces, New Mexico
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Las Cruces, also known as "The City of the Crosses", is the county seat of Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 97,618 in 2010 according to the 2010 Census, making it the second largest city in the state....
. Organ
Organ, New Mexico
Organ is an unincorporated community in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States.Organ was initially started as a mining camp prior to the American Civil War. However, it was not officially established as a community until 1883. President Chester A. Arthur granted the parcel of land under...
lies at the southwest foothills; the townsite, White Sands, NM
White Sands, New Mexico
White Sands is a census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,323 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Las Cruces Metropolitan Statistical Area...
lies to the southeast at the southwest of the Tularosa Valley
Tularosa Basin
The Tularosa Basin is a graben basin in the Basin and Range Province and within the Chihuahuan Desert, east of the Rio Grande in southern New Mexico, in the Southwestern United States.-Geography:...
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Description
The San Augustin Mountains are only about an 8 mi (13 km) long range, trending slightly northeast. The southern border is the San Augustin Pass, where U.S. Route 70 goes from Las Cruces and Organ and turns northeast through White Sands to meet Alamagordo.The north of the range is delimited by Bear Canyon, an east-west canyon with its outlet to the northeast. Also north is the San Andres National Wildlife Refuge
San Andres National Wildlife Refuge
The San Andres National Wildlife Refuge is located in the southern San Andres Mountains of southcentral New Mexico, USA. The mountain range, which lies within the northernmost extension of the Chihuahuan Desert, rises to an elevation of 8,229 feet at San Andres peak...
which takes up about a 30 mi stretch of the San Andres Mountains ridgeline.
The high Black Mountain section is on the southeast of Bear Canyon, and is separated northeast from the ridgeline of the San Augustin's.
Peaks
The ridgeline of the San Augustin Mountains has the range's highpoint, Bear Peak, 7087 feet (2,160 m) at the north, and the south is terminated by San Augustin Peak, at 7030 feet (2,143 m). Black Mountain at 7008 feet (2,136 m), is in the northeast, and an outlier peak at the northwest is Quartzite Mountain, at 6763 feet (2,061 m). Another outlier mountain is on the southeast, Mineral Hill at 6154 feet (1,876 m). The highpoint, Bear Peak is located at 32.512311°N 106.538608°W.External links
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