Wheeler Peak Historical Marker

Wheeler Peak Historical Marker is a memorial in Taos, New Mexico and has an elevation of 13,163 feet. Wheeler Peak Historical Marker is situated nearby to the peak Mount Walter, as well as near Simpson Peak.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wheeler Peak and Mount Walter.

Wheeler Peak

Peak

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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.

Mount Walter

Peak

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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

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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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Taos Ski Valley.

Taos Ski Valley

Hamlet

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Taos Ski Valley is a village and alpine ski resort in the southwestern United States, located in Taos County, New Mexico. As of the 2020 census, Taos Ski Valley had a population of 77. Taos Ski Valley is situated 3½ miles northwest of Wheeler Peak Historical Marker.

Wheeler Peak Historical Marker

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “WHEELER PEAK 13,161 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL HIGHEST POINT IN NEW MEXICO NAMED IN HONOR OF MAJOR GEORGE MONTAUGE WHEELER (1832-1909) WHO FOR TEN YEARS LED A PARTY OF SURVEYORS AND NATURALISTS COLLECTING GEOLOGIC, BIOLOGIC, PLANIMETRIC, AND TOPOGRAPHIC DATA..”
Categories: commemorative plaque and historic site
Location: Taos, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

36.55688° or 36° 33′ 25″ north

Longitude

-105.41689° or 105° 25′ 1″ west

Elevation

13,163 feet (4,012 metres)

Open location code

858PHH4M+P6

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357612375

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

Wikidata ID

Q49579782

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Cebuano: “Wheeler Peak Historical Marker”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Simpson Peak and Old Mike Peak.

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