Mount Walter
Mount Walter is the second highest named summit in the U.S. state of New Mexico, rising to 13,141 feet above sea level. However it is not usually counted as an independent mountain since it has only about 53 feet of topographic prominence, and is only 0.4 miles north-northeast of Wheeler Peak, the highest peak in New Mexico.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 13,110 feet
- Description: mountain in United States of America
- Also known as: “Mt. Walter”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wheeler Peak and Williams Lake.
Wheeler Peak
Peak
Photo: Davishan99, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wheeler Peak is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is located northeast of Taos and south of Red River in the northern part of the state, and just 2 miles southeast of the ski slopes of Taos Ski Valley.
Williams Lake
Lake
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Williams Lake is an alpine lake in Taos County, New Mexico, United States, located high in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains below Wheeler Peak in the Wheeler Peak Wilderness of Carson National Forest.
Lake Fork Peak
Peak
Lake Fork Peak is a 12,881-foot-elevation mountain summit in Taos County, New Mexico, United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Taos Ski Valley.
Taos Ski Valley
Hamlet
Photo: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Taos Ski Valley is a village and alpine ski resort in the southwestern United States, located in Taos County, New Mexico. The population was 69 at the 2010 census.
Mount Walter
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Taos, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.56102° or 36° 33′ 40″ northLongitude
-105.4145° or 105° 24′ 52″ westElevation
13,110 feet (3,996 metres)Open location code
858PHH6P+C5OpenStreetMap ID
node 357600097OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ladin—“Mount Walter” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mount Walter (bukid sa Estados Unidos)”
- Cebuano: “Mount Walter”
- Dutch: “Mount Walter”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت والتر”
- Ladin: “Mount Walter”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Taos Ski Valley and Idlewild.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wheeler Peak Historical Marker and Simpson Peak.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mount Walter”. Photo: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 3.0.