Florida Mountains
{{Short description|Mountain range in New Mexico, United States}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Florida Mountains
| photo = Needles Eye, Florida Mtn. NM.jpg
| photo_size = 300px
| photo_caption = Needle's Eye, east side of range
| country = United States
| state = New Mexico
| region = (northwest)-Chihuahuan Desert
| district = Luna
| district_type = County
| settlement = {{enum|Deming|Sunshine|Waterloo|Columbus|Carne|Myndus}}
| settlement_type = Cities & Towns
| range_coordinates = {{coord|32.0890|N|107.6239|W|type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| range_coordinates_ref=
| topo =
| topo_map = Gym Peak
| topo_maker = USGS
| geology =
| border = Deming, NM & Cookes Range-N
West Potrillo Mountains-E
Cedar Mountain Range-WSW
| orogeny =
| length_mi = 12
| length_orientation = NNW-SSE
| width_mi = 6
| width_orientation =
| highest = Florida Peak
| highest_location = Florida Mountains-(north)
| elevation_ft = 7295
| coordinates = {{coord|32.1243|N|107.6217|W|type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline}}
| coordinates_ref=
| map = USA New Mexico
| map_size = 200
| map_caption = Florida Mountains
in New Mexico
}}
File:Florida Mountains aerial.jpg
File:Dawns Early Light (5569204652).jpg
The Florida Mountains are a small {{convert|12|mi|0|sp=us|adj=on}} long,New Mexico Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, c. 2009, p. 54-55. mountain range in New Mexico. The mountains lie in southern Luna County about {{convert|15|mi|0}} southeast of Deming, and {{convert|20|mi|0}} north of the state of Chihuahua, Mexico; the range lies in the north of the Chihuahuan Desert region, and extreme southwestern New Mexico.
The Florida Mountains are east and adjacent to New Mexico State Road 11, the north–south route to Chihuahua; it becomes Highway 23 in Chihuahua and connects to Mexican Federal Highway 2, the major east–west route of the north Chihuahuan Desert adjacent the U.S.-Mexico border.
Description
The Florida Mountains are a small, compact range about {{convert|12|mi|0|sp=us}} long, with various peaks from {{convert|5000|to|7000|ft|m|0}}. The range highpoint is Florida Peak, {{convert|7295|ft|m|0|}},New Mexico Atlas & Gazetteer, p. 54. which lies near the north. Other high peaks in the center-south, are Gym, Baldy, and South Peak. Four other peaks are in the extreme northwest; besides Florida Peak, the tallest of the other four is Capitol Dome, at {{convert|5962|ft|m|0|}}.
Most of the land surrounding the prominent rise of the mountain range are flatlands. Deming, and its suburbs directly south, form the northwest and west border of the range's minor foothills. Populated flatlands are northeast, with open flatlands to the east and southeast.
New Mexico 198 lies at the range's north, the location of Rockhound State Park. The park is nestled between the Florida Mountains, and a {{convert|3|mi|0|sp=us|adj=on}} long mountain range called the Little Florida Mountains.
=Environment and ecology=
Persian (Bezoar) Ibex (Capra aegagrus aegagrus) have been introduced into the region, and have an established population.{{cite web|title=Creature of Controversy: The Persian Ibex|url=http://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/publications/documents/spring_canyon.pdf|access-date=2013-01-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515160404/http://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/publications/documents/spring_canyon.pdf|archive-date=2013-05-15|url-status=dead}}
See also
References
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External links
Peaks
- [http://www.trails.com/trail-florida-peak-luna-county-889107.html Florida Peak, trails.com]
{{Mountains of New Mexico}}
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Category:Landforms of Luna County, New Mexico
Category:Mountain ranges of New Mexico
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