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2020 Map of Touch-Me-Not Mountain

Name: 2020 Topographic Map of Touch-Me-Not Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2020
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2020

About this map

Touch-Me-Not Mtn dominates the central topography of this Cimarron Range landscape, where high-altitude drainages feed into the winding Cimarron River. The village of Eagle Nest sits at the edge of Eagle Nest Lake, serving as a primary point of settlement along the highway corridor. The map details a transition from these open waters into the steep walls of Cimarron Canyon, a geography marked by dramatic relief and narrow passages like the Palisades.

Evidence of local land use and history is scattered throughout the drainages, from the Gravel Pit Lakes in the east to the tucked-away Jackson Cem near Co RD B 13. The naming of features such as Sawmill Canyon, Humbug Gulch, and Grouse Gulch suggests a legacy of early resource extraction and frontier life that persisted well into the modern era. Diverse mountain creeks, including Ute Cr and Tolby Cr, carve through the terrain, defining the complex hydrology of northern New Mexico.