Organ Mountains
The Organ Mountains are a rugged mountain range in southern New Mexico in the Southwestern United States. Organ Mountains–Desert Peaks National Monument was declared a national monument on May 21, 2014.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 8,045 feet
- Description: mountain range in southern New Mexico, United States
- Also known as: “Los Mansos”, “Los Organos”, and “Sierra de Olvido”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Organ Needle.
Organ Needle
Peak
Photo: Tumbenhaur, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Organ Needle is the highest point of the Organ Mountains in the south-central part of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It lies in Doña Ana County, 13 miles east-northeast of Las Cruces and 4 miles southwest of White Sands, headquarters of the White Sands Missile Range.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include White Sands Missile Range and White Sands.
White Sands Missile Range
Hamlet
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White Sands Missile Range is a United States Army military testing area and firing range located in the US state of New Mexico. The range was originally established in 1941 as the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range, where the Trinity test site lay at the northern end of the Range, in Socorro County near the towns of Carrizozo and San Antonio. White Sands Missile Range is situated 6 miles northeast of Organ Mountains.
White Sands
Village
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White Sands is a census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. It consists of the main residential area on the White Sands Missile Range. White Sands is situated 6 miles northeast of Organ Mountains.
Organ Mountains
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Doña Ana County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Venetian—“Organ Mountains” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “အော်ဂန်တောင်တန်း”
- Cebuano: “Organ Mountains”
- Chinese: “欧根山脉”
- Chinese: “歐根山脈”
- Croatian: “Orguljsko gorje”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبال الاورجن”
- Hebrew: “הרי אורגן”
- Japanese: “オルガノス山脈”
- Japanese: “オルガン山脈”
- Spanish: “Sierra de los Órganos (Nuevo México)”
- Spanish: “Sierra de los Órganos”
- Venetian: “Siera dei Órganos (Nuevo México)”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Boyd and White Sands Missle Range Post Area.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Organ Mountains Historical Marker and Baldy Peak.
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