Wheeler Peak
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.Photo: Davishan99, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 13,163 feet
- Description: mountain in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico
- Also known as: “Cerro de Taos” and “Taos Peak”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Walter and Williams Lake.
Mount Walter
Peak
Photo: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Williams Lake
Lake
Photo: Fredlyfish4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Wheeler Peak
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Taos, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.55689° or 36° 33′ 25″ northLongitude
-105.41681° or 105° 25′ 1″ westElevation
13,163 feet (4,012 metres)Open location code
858PHH4M+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
node 357611025OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Western Panjabi—“Wheeler Peak” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Wheeler Peak”
- Cebuano: “Wheeler Peak (bukid sa Estados Unidos, New Mexico)”
- Cebuano: “Wheeler Peak”
- Chinese: “威勒峰”
- Czech: “Wheeler Peak”
- Dutch: “Wheeler Peak”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل وايلير پياك”
- French: “pic Wheeler”
- French: “Pic Wheeler”
- French: “Wheeler Peak”
- Galician: “Pico Wheeler”
- Georgian: “უილერის პიკი”
- German: “Wheeler Peak”
- Italian: “Wheeler Peak (Nuovo Messico)”
- Italian: “Wheeler Peak”
- Japanese: “ホイーラー・ピーク”
- Ladin: “Wheeler Peak”
- Lithuanian: “Vilerio viršūnė”
- Persian: “ویلر پیگ (نیومکزیکو)”
- Persian: “ویلر پیگ”
- Polish: “Wheeler Peak (Nowy Meksyk)”
- Polish: “Wheeler Peak”
- Portuguese: “Pico Wheeler”
- Portuguese: “Wheeler Peak”
- Russian: “Уилер-Пик (гора, Нью-Мексико)”
- Russian: “Уилер-Пик”
- Slovenian: “Wheeler Peak”
- Spanish: “Pico Wheeler”
- Ukrainian: “Вілер Пік”
- Ukrainian: “Уілер Пік”
- Venetian: “Wheeler Peak (Nuovo Messico)”
- Venetian: “Wheeler Peak”
- Vietnamese: “đỉnh Wheeler”
- Western Panjabi: “ٹلہ ویلر”
- “Wheeler Peak”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Wheeler Peak Historical Marker and Simpson Peak.
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