Cinder Cone Wilderness

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Cinder Cone Wilderness
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Location in New Mexico
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Location in United States
Location Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
Nearest city Las Cruces, NM
Coordinates 31°56′21″N107°12′23″W / 31.9391839°N 107.2065147°W / 31.9391839; -107.2065147
Area16,935 acres (69 km2)
Established2019 (2019)
Governing bodyU.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Land Management


Cinder Cone Wilderness is a 16,935-acre (6,853 ha) wilderness area in the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Established in 2019, this Wilderness located in the West Potrillo Mountains, contains a high concentration of cinder cones among a landscape typical of a Chihuahuan Desert ecosystem. [2]

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  1. Protected Planet Website- Retrieved March 30, 2023
  2. Cinder Cone Wilderness - Wilderness Connect