New Mexico Gazetteer
Mesa Escoba is a physical feature (summit) in Rio Arriba County. The primary coordinates for Mesa Escoba places it within the NM 87516 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Mesa Escoba |
| Category: | New Mexico physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Summit |
| Description: | This mesa has andesite and basalt volcanic rock. Mesa de las Escobas is approached by driving 27 miles northwest from Española on U.S. Highway 84 (the Chama Highway), west on New Mexico Highway 96 for about eleven and a half miles, then south for a little over 7miles. |
| History: | (NM Spanish: 'mesa of the brooms') From the clearings of this summit feature a type of grass called Popote (Pine Dropseed Grass) was cut and bundled for household brooms in former days. |
| County: | Rio Arriba County |
| Latitude: | 36.1480743 |
| Longitude: | -106.486423 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Mesa Escoba: Mesa Escoba.
Note that you do not have the right to enter private property without the owner's permission. You do have a right to access goverment property that is open to the general public. The GNIS Feature Detail Report for Mesa Escoba does not include property ownership information.
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