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Center Baldy

Coordinates: 33°18′11″N 108°38′19″W / 33.30306°N 108.63861°W / 33.30306; -108.63861 (Center Baldy)
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Center Baldy
Center Baldy is located in New Mexico
Center Baldy
Center Baldy
Catron County, New Mexico, United States
Center Baldy is located in the United States
Center Baldy
Center Baldy
Center Baldy (the United States)
Highest point
Elevation10,525 ft (3,208 m)[1]
Prominence215 ft (66 m)[2]
Isolation0.46 mi (0.74 km)
to Peak 10565[2]
Coordinates33°18′11″N 108°38′19″W / 33.30306°N 108.63861°W / 33.30306; -108.63861 (Center Baldy)[1]
Geography
LocationCatron County, New Mexico, United States
Parent rangeMogollon Mountains[3]
Topo mapUSGS Alegres Mountain
Geology
Rock age(s)Miocene, between 23 and 5 Million years ago[4]
Rock typeYounger Rhyolite Flows and Domes[4]
Volcanic regionMogollon-Datil volcanic field, Bursum Caldera[4]
Climbing
Easiest routeHiking, Open Country

Center Baldy is a mountain in the Gila Wilderness in Catron County, New Mexico.[5] Center Baldy is found in the Mogollon Mountains and is the 7th highest peak in the Mogollon Mountains.[3]

Alegres Mountain is 11 miles (19 km) southeast of Mogollon, New Mexico and can be accessed via the Holt Apache Trial.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Center Baldy". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 13, 1980. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Center Baldy, New Mexico". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Mogollon Mountains". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  4. ^ a b c "Reconnaissance geologic map of the Gila wilderness study area, southwestern New Mexico". U.S. Geological Survey. 1975. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
  5. ^ a b "topoView". National Geologic Map Database project (NGMDB). Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Ascent of Center Baldy on 2020-09-30". Retrieved 13 April 2023.