2020 Map of Tres Piedras NE

About this map

Río Grande del Norte National Monument encompasses a significant portion of this Taos County high-desert landscape, preserving a terrain defined by volcanic features and wide volcanic plateaus. Volcanic activity of the past is clearly visible through the prominence of shield volcanoes and cinder cones, most notably the towering Cerro de la Olla in the north and Cerro Montoso to the south. These topographic highs break the relatively flat expanse of the surrounding plains, which are etched with subtle drainage patterns and local depressions. The survey reveals a largely undeveloped region, where the primary human footprint is found in the section lines of the Public Land Survey System, including t29n r11e and t28n r11e. Other notable landmarks that rise above the plateau include Brushy Mtn and the smaller Cerrito Negro near the northern boundary.