2017 Map of Panther Canyon

About this map

Guadalupe Mountains National Park and the rugged high-desert terrain of the Brokeoff Mountains dominate this high-clearance ranching and wilderness landscape in southernmost Otero County. The scarcity of natural surface water is evident in the naming of critical locations like the Indian Water Hole, Deadman Water Hole, and the O Bar U Waterhole, which historically sustained travelers and livestock across the arid range. To the west, the land drops into the Salt Basin and Crow Flats, where massive topographic features like West Dog Canyon and Panther Canyon carve through the plateau. Ranching infrastructure remains the primary human footprint, marked by a network of isolated tanks such as Cork Tanks and X-Bar Tank, alongside winding county roads like Co RD g013 that follow the natural drainage of the draws.