Elephant Butte Dike

Elephant Butte Dike is a dam in Sierra, New Mexico and has an elevation of 4,390 feet.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Elephant Butte and Elephant Butte Dam.

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.

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 Dam is situated 1 mile east of Elephant Butte Dike.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Truth or Consequences and Elephant Butte.

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

Village

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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 3 miles north of Elephant Butte Dike.

Williamsburg

Village

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Williamsburg is a village in Sierra County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 462 at the 2020 census. The village, though small, is located adjacent to Truth or Consequences, and has essentially become a suburb. Williamsburg is situated 6 miles southwest of Elephant Butte Dike.

Elephant Butte Dike

Type: Dam
Description: dam in Sierra County, New Mexico, United States of America
Location: Sierra, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.15341° or 33° 9′ 12″ north

Longitude

-107.20725° or 107° 12′ 26″ west

Elevation

4,390 feet (1,338 metres)

Open location code

855J5Q3V+93

GeoNames ID

5466610

Wikidata ID

Q48985638

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Cebuano: “Elephant Butte Dike”

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