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- The county has the highest mean elevation of any U.S. county outside of Colorado at 8,510 feet (2,590 m), even though it ranks only 22nd overall. Taos County contains 17 of New Mexico's highest 25 peaks.
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The county has the highest mean elevation of any U.S. county outside of Colorado at 8,510 feet (2,590 m), even though it ranks only 22nd overall. [6] Taos County contains 17 of New Mexico's highest 25 peaks.
There are 108 named mountains in Taos County. The highest and the most prominent mountain is Wheeler Peak . Explore Taos County with the PeakVisor 3D Map and identify its summits .
The county has the highest mean elevation of any U.S. county outside of Colorado at 8,510 feet (2,590 m), even though it ranks only 22nd overall. Taos County contains 17 of New Mexico's highest 25 peaks.
Taos County contains 17 of New Mexico's highest 25 peaks. • Visualization and sharing of free topographic maps. Average elevation: 8,402 ft • Taos County, New Mexico, United States • The county's highest point is the summit of Wheeler Peak at 13,161 feet (4,011 m).
Western Taos county is a plateau region with isolated mountains, including Ute Peak (10,093 feet [3,076 metres]). The Rio Grande flows through the Picuris Range in a deep gorge, curving from north to southwest.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Quick Facts. Taos is located in Northern New Mexico in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, the southernmost subrange of the Rocky Mountain. Home to the Taos Pueblo, the only living Native American community designated both a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and a National Historic Landmark.
The peak is located in Taos county, 70 miles (113 km) north-northeast of Santa Fe, in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and within Carson National Forest. It was named for Major George M. Wheeler, who surveyed the area during the 1870s.
