What is the 25-Mile Isolation List?
Just as 2000' is an important prominence threshold and 14000' an important elevation threshold, 25 miles is the magic number that gives a peak a spot on an isolation list. This page contains those peaks with 25 miles of isolation which are in the U.S. State of New Mexico. But what is isolation anyway? Isolation is how far a peak is from the nearest higher one. Understandably, isolated peaks are often also high in elevation, are very topographically prominent, or, in some cases, both. New Mexico is something of an exception, as, although the state's only Ultra is also its most isolated peak, many of the peaks on this list are not on the New Mexico 2KPs page, and some aren't even on the New Mexico 1KPs page, with many very low-elevation peaks, including one under 5000' in height.
Contained below is a table containing the peak's name--which has a hyperlink to the peak page--as well as its isolation, elevation, and topographical prominence. So, without further ado, the New Mexico isolation list.
The New Mexico 25-Mile Isolation List
Data taken from the Peakbagger page, the New Mexico 2KPs page, and the New Mexico 1KPs page. Peaks without links have no SP page.
NM Rank | Peak Name | Isol. (Mi.) | Elev (Ft.) | Prom. (Ft.) |
1 | Sierra Blanca Peak | 165.7 | 11,973 | 5,533 |
2 | South Baldy | 88.1 | 10,783 | 3,803 |
3 | Mount Taylor | 86.8 | 11,301 | 4,094 |
4 | Alegres Mountain | 54.5 | 10,229 | 2,369 |
5 | Organ Needle | 52 | 8,980 | 3,700 |
6 | Whitewater Baldy | 51.6 | 10,895 | 3,535 |
7 | Sandia Crest | 45.3 | 10,678 | 4,098 |
8 | Truchas Peak | 42.3 | 13,102 | 4,001 |
9 | Manzano Peak | 42.2 | 10,098 | 3,238 |
10 | McKnight Mountain | 42 | 10,165 | 2,525 |
11 | San Juan Mesa | 42 | 4,746 | 489 |
12 | Luciano Mesa | 40 | 5,580 | 620 |
13 | Salinas Peak | 39.9 | 8,965 | 3,605 |
14 | South Sacramento Mountains HP | 39 | 9,695 | 2,095 |
15 | Gallinas Peak | 37.2 | 8,637 | 2,167 |
16 | Wind Mountain | 37.2 | 7,280 | 2,340 |
17 | Wheeler Peak | 37 | 13,161 | 3,409 |
18 | Pedernal Mountain | 36.8 | 7,565 | 715 |
19 | Chicoma Mountain | 35.3 | 11,561 | 4,281 |
20 | Cox Peak | 31.8 | 5,936 | 1,536 |
21 | Animas Mountains HP | 31.4 | 8,565 | 3,250 |
22 | Magdalena Peak | 29.3 | 6,625 | 1,925 |
23 | Laughlin Peak | 28.7 | 8,818 | 1,828 |
24 | Timber Mountain | 28.1 | 7,565 | 2,815 |
25 | Capitan Mountains HP | 28.1 | 10,201 | 3,261 |
26 | Cebolleta Peak | 27 | 8,762 | 1,212 |
27 | Florida Peak North | 26.8 | 7,460 | 3,210 |
28 | West Blue Mountain | 26 | 10,336 | 3,136 |
29 | Ladrones Benchmark | 25.8 | 9,210 | 3,130 |
30 | Mount Sedgwick | 25.5 | 9,256 | 1,866 |
31 | Oscura Peak | 25.5 | 8,639 | 2,279 |
Additions & Corrections
If there are any errors--which there may well be, as I have never lived in New Mexico--feel free to contact me.
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