Elephant Butte Dam Historical Marker

Elephant Butte Dam Historical Marker is a park in Sierra, New Mexico and has an elevation of 4,245 feet. Elephant Butte Dam Historical Marker is situated nearby to the hamlet Elephant Butte Estates, as well as near Hot Springs Landing.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Elephant Butte Dam and Elephant Butte.

Elephant Butte Dam

Dam

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Elephant Butte Dam or Elephant Butte Dike, originally Engle Dam, is a concrete gravity dam on the Rio Grande near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, in the United States.

Elephant Butte

Peak

Elephant Butte is a summit that is now in the Elephant Butte Reservoir and within the Elephant Butte Lake State Park in Sierra County, New Mexico. It has an elevation of 4,639 feet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Elephant Butte and Truth or Consequences.

Elephant Butte

Village

Photo: AllenS, Public domain.

Elephant Butte is a city in Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, located near Elephant Butte Reservoir and Elephant Butte Lake State Park. The population was 1,447 at the time of the 2020 census. Elephant Butte is situated 3½ miles northwest of Elephant Butte Dam Historical Marker.

Truth or Consequences

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Truth or Consequences, locally called T or C and formerly known as Hot Springs, is a town in New Mexico in the United States of America. It gets its curious name from a 1950s-vintage television show that offered to film an episode in some little town far from Hollywood, if that town would change its name to match the show's.

Elephant Butte Dam Historical Marker

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Sierra, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.15273° or 33° 9′ 10″ north

Longitude

-107.19033° or 107° 11′ 25″ west

Elevation

4,245 feet (1,294 metres)

Open location code

855J5R35+3V

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357611886

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

GeoNames ID

5466609

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Elephant Butte Estates and Hot Springs Landing.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Water Tank Hill and Elephant Butte Hydroelectric Plant.

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