Upper Rio Penasco Site One Dam
Upper Rio Penasco Site One Dam is a dam in Otero, New Mexico and has an elevation of 7,270 feet. Upper Rio Penasco Site One Dam is situated nearby to the hamlet Weed.- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Otero County, New Mexico, United States of America
- Also known as: “Bear Creek Retard Dam” and “Upper Penasco Site 1 Dam”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Weed and Hortonville.
Weed
Hamlet
Weed is a hamlet and a census-designated place in Otero County, New Mexico, United States. It lies alongside New Mexico State Road 24 on the southeastern slopes of the Sacramento Mountains at an elevation of 7,215 ft. Weed is situated 4 miles southeast of Upper Rio Penasco Site One Dam.
Hortonville
Hamlet
Hortonville is an unincorporated community in Otero County, New Mexico, United States. Hortonville is situated 5 miles north of Upper Rio Penasco Site One Dam.
Mayhill
Hamlet
Mayhill is an unincorporated community in Otero County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Mayhill had a population of 96. It is surrounded by the Lincoln National Forest on the eastern slope of the Sacramento Mountains, at the confluence of James Canyon and Rio Penasco, approximately 17 miles east of Cloudcroft. Mayhill is situated 6 miles northeast of Upper Rio Penasco Site One Dam.
Upper Rio Penasco Site One Dam
- Location: Otero, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
32.84343° or 32° 50′ 36″ northLongitude
-105.56554° or 105° 33′ 56″ westElevation
7,270 feet (2,216 metres)Open location code
854PRCVM+9QOpenStreetMap ID
node 357609696OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
“Upper Rio Penasco Site One Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Upper Rio Penasco Site One Dam”
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