Elephant Butte Hydroelectric Plant
Elephant Butte Hydroelectric Plant is a power station in Sierra, New Mexico. Elephant Butte Hydroelectric Plant is situated nearby to Elephant Butte Dam, as well as near the peak Water Tank Hill.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Elephant Butte Dam and Elephant Butte.
Elephant Butte Dam
Dam
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Elephant Butte Dam or Elephant Butte Dike, originally Engle Dam, is a concrete gravity dam on the Rio Grande near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, in the United States. Elephant Butte Dam is situated 530 feet north of Elephant Butte Hydroelectric Plant.
Elephant Butte
Peak
Elephant Butte is a summit that is now in the Elephant Butte Reservoir and within the Elephant Butte Lake State Park in Sierra County, New Mexico. It has an elevation of 4,639 feet.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elephant Butte and Truth or Consequences.
Elephant Butte
Village
Photo: AllenS, Public domain.
Elephant Butte is a city in Sierra County, New Mexico, United States, located near Elephant Butte Reservoir and Elephant Butte Lake State Park. The population was 1,447 at the time of the 2020 census. Elephant Butte is situated 3½ miles northwest of Elephant Butte Hydroelectric Plant.
Truth or Consequences
Truth or Consequences, locally called T or C and formerly known as Hot Springs, is a town in New Mexico in the United States of America. It gets its curious name from a 1950s-vintage television show that offered to film an episode in some little town far from Hollywood, if that town would change its name to match the show's.
Elephant Butte Hydroelectric Plant
- Type: Power station
- Category: industry
- Location: Sierra, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.15333° or 33° 9′ 12″ northLongitude
-107.19211° or 107° 11′ 32″ westInception
November 1940Operator
WAPAOpen location code
855J5R35+85OpenStreetMap ID
way 142436527OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrial
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Elephant Butte Dam Historical Marker and Water Tank Hill.
Nearby Places
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