New Mexico Gazetteer
Victorio Park Mountain is a physical feature (summit) in Sierra County. The primary coordinates for Victorio Park Mountain places it within the NM 87943 ZIP Code delivery area.
| Feature Name: | Victorio Park Mountain |
| Category: | New Mexico physical, cultural and historic features |
| Feature Type: | Physical |
| Class: | Summit |
| Description: | In the Black Range Mountains in the Black Range District, 9.7 km (6 mi) SW of Hermosa in western Sierra County. |
| History: | Highest peak in the vicinity E of the Continental Diver, 3 mi to the W. Named for Victorio, a Warm Springs Apache Indian Chief who lived in the area in the 1800s. The mountain is very close to the site of a battle between Victorio and his band of warriors and the 9th US Cavalry in 1879. The Black Range mountains were one of the main strongholds of Victorio and his band. |
| County: | Sierra County |
| Latitude: | 33.0769924 |
| Longitude: | -107.7785302 |
Variant (Nonofficial) Names for Victorio Park Mountain: Victorio Park Mountain.
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 Victorio Park Mountain does not include property ownership information.
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Kingston, NM
(11.8 miles SSE) Hillsboro, NM (16.4 miles SE) |
Mimbres, NM
(19.2 miles SW) |
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Hermosa, NM
(6.3 miles NNE) Chise, NM (17.1 miles NE) |
Chloride, NM
(19 miles NNE) |
