Little Burro Mountains

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Little Burro Mountains
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Little Burro Mountains in New Mexico
Highest point
Peak Eagle Point (Little Burro Mountains)(Little Burro Mountains)
Elevation 6,500 ft (2,000 m)
Coordinates 32°42′20″N108°23′11″W / 32.705632°N 108.386438°W / 32.705632; -108.386438
Dimensions
Length 15 mi (24 km)NW-SE
Width 5 mi (8.0 km)
Geography
Country United States
State New Mexico
Region (northwest)-Chihuahuan Desert
Continental Divide of the Americas
District Grant County, NM
Settlement Tyrone, NM Oak Grove, NM
(Silver City, NM)
Range coordinates 32°42′20″N108°23′11″W / 32.705632°N 108.386438°W / 32.705632; -108.386438 Coordinates: 32°42′20″N108°23′11″W / 32.705632°N 108.386438°W / 32.705632; -108.386438
Borders on Big Burro Mountains-NW & W
Silver City Range Silver City, NM-NE

The Little Burro Mountains are a short 15 mi (24 km) long, mountain range located in Grant County, New Mexico. The range lies adjacent to the southeast border of the larger Big Burro Mountains. The Little Burro Mountains are located 8 mi southwest of Silver City. State Road 90 from Silver City skirts the southern perimeter of the range on its route to Lordsburg.

Mountain range A geographic area containing several geologically related mountains

A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills ranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arisen from the same cause, usually an orogeny. Mountain ranges are formed by a variety of geological processes, but most of the significant ones on Earth are the result of plate tectonics. Mountain ranges are also found on many planetary mass objects in the Solar System and are likely a feature of most terrestrial planets.

Grant County, New Mexico County in the United States

Grant County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. As of the 2010 census, the population was 29,514. Its county seat is Silver City. The county was founded in 1868 and named for Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States.

Big Burro Mountains

The Big Burro Mountains are a moderate length 35-mile (56 km) long, mountain range located in central Grant County, New Mexico. The range's northwest-southeast 'ridgeline' is located 15 mi southwest of Silver City.

Contents

The Continental Divide of the Americas traverses the southern ridgeline of the Little Burro's and continues on its southwest flank.

Continental Divide of the Americas principal hydrological divide of North and South America

The Continental Divide is the principal, and largely mountainous, hydrological divide of the Americas. The Continental Divide extends from the Bering Strait to the Strait of Magellan, and separates the watersheds that drain into the Pacific Ocean from those river systems that drain into the Atlantic Ocean and, along the northernmost reaches of the Divide, those river systems that drain into the Arctic Ocean.

Description and region

The Little Burro Mountains are only a 15 mi long range. It has a northwest by southeast ridgeline, and is attached to the Big Burro Mountains that trend in the same direction. The small valley between contains Mangas Valley Road which connects Oak Grove on State Road 90 with Mangas Springs which lies on the northeast perimeter of the Big Burro Mountains. Mangas Creek and its confluence with the lengthy Gila River that completely crosses Arizona is adjacent just northwest.

Gila River river in the United States of America

The Gila River is a 649-mile (1,044 km) tributary of the Colorado River flowing through New Mexico and Arizona in the United States. The river drains an arid watershed of nearly 60,000 square miles (160,000 km2) that lies mainly within the U.S. but also extends into northern Sonora, Mexico. Indigenous peoples have lived along the river for at least 2,000 years, establishing complex agricultural societies before European exploration of the region began in the 16th century. However, European Americans did not permanently settle the Gila River watershed until the mid-19th century.

Arizona state of the United States of America

Arizona is a state in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the Western and the Mountain states. It is the sixth largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona shares the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico; its other neighboring states are Nevada and California to the west and the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California to the south and southwest.

Peaks

The highest peak in the Little Burro Mountains is Eagle Peak, at 6,500 feet (1,981 m). [1] It is located at 32°42′20″N112°56′00″W / 32.705632°N 112.933236°W / 32.705632; -112.933236 (Eagle Peak (Little Burro Mountains)) . [2] Two other peaks are noted, in the north Wind Mountain, at 6,247 feet (1,904 m), and Bald Mountain in the mountains southeast, and on the continental divide, at 6,396 feet (1,950 m).

Access

The small range is surrounded by routes. Mangas Valley Road is on the southwest travelling to the northwest. The southeast has the entire length of State Road 90. The northeast and north has U.S. Route 180 the major route from Deming, north and northwest to Alpine, AZ; it connects to Mangas Springs north of the range.

U.S. Route 180 highway in the United States

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Deming, New Mexico City in New Mexico, United States

Deming is a city located in Luna County, New Mexico, United States, 60 miles west of Las Cruces and thirty-three miles north of the Mexican border. The population was 14,855 according to the 2010 census. Deming is the county seat and principal community of Luna County.

Alpine, Arizona Census-designated place in Arizona, United States

Alpine is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Apache County, Arizona, United States, in Bush Valley in the east central part of the state. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 145.

Continental Divide

The Continental Divide starts to leave the forested mountain regions as it goes southwest from Silver City. It passes from the southern Little Burro Mountains, crosses the Big Burro's, then on a circuitous route after skirting the northeast of the Cedar Mountain Range, it passes across the water divide of the north Playas Valley, west of Hachita. It finally enters a series of north-south ranges, including the Animas Mountains, and travels south into northwest Chihuahua, Mexico.

Cedar Mountain Range

The Cedar Mountain Range is a short 20 mi (32 km) long, mountain range in southwest Luna County, New Mexico, USA, just north of the Mexico-United States border with Chihuahua.

Playas Valley

The Playas Valley is a lengthy and narrow 60-mi (97-km) long, valley located in Hidalgo County, New Mexico in the Bootheel Region; the extreme south of the valley lies in Chihuahua. Playas, NM is located in the northeast. The valley is noteworthy for the Playas Lake, in the north.

Hachita, New Mexico Census-designated place in New Mexico, United States

Hachita is a census-designated place in Grant County, New Mexico, United States. Its population was 49 as of the 2010 census. Hachita has a post office with ZIP code 88040. New Mexico State Road 9, New Mexico State Road 81, and New Mexico State Road 146 pass through the community. Hachita is not to be confused with Old Hachita, which is a ghost town several miles west of town.

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References

  1. New Mexico Atlas & Gazetteer, p. 44-45.
  2. Eagle Peak Summit, mountainzone.com