Center Baldy

{{Short description|Landform in Catron County, New Mexico}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Orphan|date=April 2023}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Center Baldy

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| elevation_ft = 10525

| elevation_ref = {{cite gnis |id=904896|name=Center Baldy |date=November 13, 1980|access-date=April 13, 2023}}

| prominence_ft = 215

| prominence_ref = {{cite peakbagger |pid=46308|name=Center Baldy, New Mexico |access-date=13 April 2023}}

| isolation_mi = 0.46

| isolation_parent = Peak 10565

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| location = Catron County, New Mexico, United States

| range = Mogollon Mountains{{cite peakbagger|rid=13544|name=Mogollon Mountains|access-date=13 April 2023}}

| coordinates = {{coord|33|18|11|N|108|38|19|W|type:mountain_region:US_source:GNIS|display=inline,title|name=Center Baldy}}

| map = New Mexico#USA

| label_position = bottom

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| map_size = 300

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| topo = USGS Alegres Mountain

| age = Miocene, between 23 and 5 Million years ago

| geology = Younger Rhyolite Flows and Domes{{cite web|url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_9786.htm|title=Reconnaissance geologic map of the Gila wilderness study area, southwestern New Mexico|publisher=U.S. Geological Survey|date=1975|access-date=April 13, 2023}}

| volcanic_region = Mogollon-Datil volcanic field, Bursum Caldera

| easiest_route = Hiking, Open Country

}}

Center Baldy is a mountain in the Gila Wilderness in Catron County, New Mexico.{{cite web|url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/#14/33.3033/-108.6388|title=topoView|publisher=National Geologic Map Database project (NGMDB)|access-date=13 April 2023}} Center Baldy is found in the Mogollon Mountains and is the 7th highest peak in the Mogollon Mountains.

Alegres Mountain is 11 miles (19 km) southeast of Mogollon, New Mexico and can be accessed via the Holt Apache Trial.{{cite web|url=https://www.peakbagger.com/climber/ascent.aspx?aid=1504130|title=Ascent of Center Baldy on 2020-09-30|access-date=13 April 2023}}

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