2023 Map of Puerto De Los Cavadores

About this map

Sierra Lucero defines the vertical character of this high-desert landscape on the border of Cibola and Socorro counties. This modern topographic survey highlights a series of distinctive passes or puertitos, including Puerto de Bartolo Pino, Puerto de los Cavadores, and Puerto Vaquita. These natural gaps in the ridge-and-mesa terrain suggest historic paths of movement through the high country, connecting lower basins to the elevated reaches of Mesa de la Cienaga. The scarce water resources of this arid region are carefully documented through several named livestock tanks, such as Crowder Tank, Cordova Tank, and Torres Tank, which provide essential anchor points for ranchers and land managers navigating the expansive public and private lands near Cañon de la Cienaga.