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2017 Map of Comanche Peak

Name: 2017 Topographic Map of Comanche Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2017
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2017

About this map

Comanche Peak and the Rincon Mountains define the high, drainage-etched landscape of this corner of Mora County. The small settlement of El Turquillo sits on the eastern edge near the mouth of Solis Canyon, while the high-altitude site of Los Hornos is tucked further west among the ridges. The complex network of cañadas, including La Cañada de los Maes and Cañada de la Cueva, illustrates how water movement has carved the local topography, eventually feeding into the Mora River at the map's southern edge.

Local transportation is characterized by a mix of canyon-tracing routes like Canada de Carro Rd and more descriptive backcountry tracks such as Yellow Cattle Gulla Rd and X Mas Tree Canyon Rd. These labels, alongside features like Trumbell Canyon, provide a detailed record of how this portion of northern New Mexico's ranching and mountain country was organized and named in the early twenty-first century.