Mims Lake
Mims Lake is in Sierra, New Mexico and has an elevation of 4,255 feet. Mims Lake is situated nearby to the hamlet Elephant Butte Estates, as well as near Hot Springs Landing.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
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 is situated 2 miles east of Mims Lake.
Elephant Butte Dam
Dam
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 1½ miles east of Mims Lake.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Truth or Consequences and Elephant Butte.
Truth or Consequences
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 3 miles north of Mims Lake.
Williamsburg
Village
Photo: AllenS, Public domain.
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 Mims Lake.
Mims Lake
- Type: Body of water
- Location: Sierra, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.15609° or 33° 9′ 22″ northLongitude
-107.22199° or 107° 13′ 19″ westElevation
4,255 feet (1,297 metres)Open location code
855J5Q4H+C6OpenStreetMap ID
way 140167723OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterGeoNames ID
5479568
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