Mescal Canyon

Mescal Canyon is a valley in Sierra, New Mexico and has an elevation of 4,259 feet. Mescal Canyon is situated nearby to Truth or Consequences Thermal Area, as well as near the hamlet Elephant Butte Estates.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Elephant Butte and Geronimo Springs Museum.

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 is situated 2 miles east of Mescal Canyon.

Geronimo Springs Museum

Museum

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The Geronimo Springs Museum is a small regional museum located in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, United States. It is named after Geronimo Hot Springs, one of numerous hot springs in the Hot Springs Artesian Basin. Geronimo Springs Museum is situated 2½ miles southwest of Mescal Canyon.

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.

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

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 north of Mescal Canyon.

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 5 miles southwest of Mescal Canyon.

Mescal Canyon

Type: Valley with an elevation of 4,259 feet
Category: landform
Location: Sierra, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.14785° or 33° 8′ 52″ north

Longitude

-107.21642° or 107° 12′ 59″ west

Elevation

4,259 feet (1,298 metres)

Open location code

855J4QXM+4C

GeoNames ID

5478947

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