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West Las Cruces Ranges

Range Type	Bogus mountain grouping for this site
Highest Point	Cookes Peak (8408 ft/2563 m)
Countries	United States (153%), Mexico (47%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
States/Provinces	New Mexico (76%), Chihuahua (24%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	6,432 sq mi / 16,659 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	89 mi / 142 km North-South 118 mi / 189 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	32° 4' N; 107° 31' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of West Las Cruces Ranges
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the West Las Cruces Ranges.

Southwest New Mexico Ranges	Level 4 (Parent)
West-Central Rio Grande Area	Level 5 (Sibling)
Tularosa Area	Level 5 (Sibling)
San Mateo Mountains (South)	Level 5 (Sibling)
Mogollon Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)
Black Range	Level 5 (Sibling)
Summit Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)
Silver City Ranges	Level 5 (Sibling)
Animas Area	Level 5 (Sibling)
West Las Cruces Ranges	Level 5

Major Peaks of the West Las Cruces Ranges

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range6
1.	Cookes Peak	8408	2563
2.	Rattlesnake Ridge	7746	2361
3.	Cerro Grande	7546+	2300+
4.	Florida Peak North	7460	2274
5.	Gym Peak	7106	2166
6.	Magdalena Peak	6625	2019
7.	Flying W Mountain	6225	1897
8.	Cedar Mountain	6215	1894
9.	Peak 6062	6062	1848
10.	Tailholt Mountain	6027	1837
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Photos of Peaks in the West Las Cruces Ranges

Cookes Peak East side of Cookes Peak, January 2001 (2001-01-04). Photo by Richard Carey. Click here for larger-size photo.	Flying W Mountain View of Flying W Mountain from the NW (2019-02-25). Photo by Fred Brown. Click here for larger-size photo.
Cedar Mountain View of Cedar Mountain from the access road north of the mountain (2019-02-25). Photo by Fred Brown. Click here for larger-size photo.	Mount Riley Summit of Mt Riley looking West (2019-01-14). Photo by Fred Brown. Click here for larger-size photo.
Robledo Mountain Robledo Mtn from Lookout Peak. Easiest summit access is via the curving ridge, right-center. A closeup will show many layers of rock outcrops but most are easy to negotiate. A couple of the outcrops I had to bypass by going to the hikers left. (2019-01-03). Photo by Fred Brown. Click here for larger-size photo.	Tres Hermanas Mountains The three sisters (Tres Hermanas) as viewed from NM Hwy 11. North Peak is the one on the far right (2019-02-26). Photo by Fred Brown. Click here for larger-size photo.
Doyle Peak Doyle Peak viewed from CR-19, west of the peak. (2020-02-07). Photo by Fred Brown. Click here for larger-size photo.	Red Mountain View of Red Mountain from the North. (2019-05-13). Photo by Fred Brown. Click here for larger-size photo.
East Potrillo Mountains High Point Summit of East Potrillo Mtn High Point. Cox Peak (left) and Mt Riley (right) can be seen in the distance (2019-01-14). Photo by Fred Brown. Click here for larger-size photo.	Picacho Mountain View of mountain from the SW taken from the Picacho Peak Trails parking area (2019-01-04). Photo by Fred Brown. Click here for larger-size photo.

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