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Revision as of 19:02, 30 September 2010
Template:Geobox The Peloncillo Mountains of Hidalgo County, (Spanish language pelo, hair, pelon, hairless, bald; peloncillo, Little Baldy), is a major 35 miles (56 km) long mountain range of southwest New Mexico's Hidalgo County. The range continues to the northwest into Arizona as the Peloncillo Mountains of Cochise County, Arizona. The extreme southwest corner of the range also lies in Arizona. It is a linear range bordering the linear San Bernardino Valley of southeast Cochise County, Arizona.
The Peloncillo Mountains lie in a region of southeast Arizona, southwest New Mexico, northeast Sonora, and extreme northwest Chihuahua called the Madrean Sky Islands. They are tall mountain ranges isolated by surrounding flatlands and valleys with sky islands of isolated fauna and flora. Various corridors exist between some ranges; others are mostly isolated. Some ranges are lower elevation, with a reduced variety of habitats.
Description
The Peloncillo Mountains are mostly north-south trending, but curving northeasterly at the north end. They parallel the southeast-by-northeast San Bernardino Valley of Arizona, with various canyons and washes draining into the valley.
Historical battles, and Indian Wars caused retreat into this mountain region; it was also access and escape routes into the safehaven ranges of northern Mexico.
The highest peak is Gray Mountain at 6,928 feet (2,112 m). The region is famous for Skeleton Canyon and the historical events that occurred there.
The Baker Canyon Wilderness is located just south in the connected mountain range, the Guadalupe's.
See also
References
- Gray Mountain, Peakbagger
- Gray Mountain, summitpost.org, "New Mexico 1K Prominence Peaks, (elev. and coordinates)
External links
- The Chiricahua-Peloncillo Region
- Chiricahua-Peloncillo Region–2-Maps: Black Hills, Peloncillo Mountains, etc.
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