2023 Map of OK Canyon

About this map

Cookes Peak serves as a massive focal point in this high-altitude landscape where the borders of Sierra, Grant, and Luna counties converge. The rugged topography is defined by the Cookes Range, a prominent chain that creates a complex network of drainages including Montezuma Canyon and Ok Canyon. For local history researchers, the Cookes Peak Cem located near Riley Spring offers a quiet marker of early settlement or mining era activity in this arid environment. Water management is the primary key to the human footprint here, visible through the mapping of remote sources like Mule Springs, Shale Spring, and Burro Spring. Seasonal watercourses like Mule Springs Creek and China Draw carve through the foothills, illustrating how the natural terrain dictated the paths of early county roads.