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Raton Mesas

Range Type	Bogus mountain grouping for this site
Highest Point	Fishers Peak Mesa (9632 ft/2936 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	Colorado (45%), New Mexico (43%), Texas (9%), Oklahoma (4%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	20,344 sq mi / 52,692 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	203 mi / 326 km North-South 150 mi / 242 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	36° 47' N; 103° 24' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Raton Mesas
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Raton Mesas.

Southern Great Plains	Level 4 (Parent)
Raton Mesas	Level 5
Plains of the Oklahoma Panhandle Area	Level 5 (Sibling)
Plains of Central Oklahoma and South-Central Kansa	Level 5 (Sibling)
Llano Estacado	Level 5 (Sibling)
Intra Red-Canadian River Area	Level 5 (Sibling)
Plains of Central Texas	Level 5 (Sibling)
Plains of East Texas	Level 5 (Sibling)
Edwards Plateau	Level 5 (Sibling)
Plains of South Texas	Level 5 (Sibling)
Plains of South Louisiana	Level 5 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Raton Mesas

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range6
1.	Fishers Peak Mesa	9632	2936
2.	Fishers Peak	9627	2934
3.	Bartlett Mesa	8882	2707
4.	Laughlin Peak	8818	2688
5.	Horseshoe Mesa	8803	2683
6.	Bobblers Knob	8748	2666
7.	Sierra Grande	8720	2658
8.	Johnson Mesa	8658	2639
9.	Towndrow Peak	8624	2629
10.	Dale Mountain	8480+	2585+
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Photos of Peaks in the Raton Mesas

Fishers Peak Mesa Beginning of the hike at the locked gate at San Miguel ruins (2020-05-13). Photo by Sue Personett. Click here for larger-size photo.	Fishers Peak The burn area on the north side of Fishers Peak at about 8500 feet (2018-06-12). Photo by Sue Personett. Click here for larger-size photo.
Laughlin Peak Laughlin Peak from the junction of NM-193 and Laughlin Peak Road (CR-8) (2019-05-06). Photo by fred brown. Click here for larger-size photo.	Palo Blanco Mountain The north side of Palo Blanco from NM-193 (2019-05-06). Photo by fred brown. Click here for larger-size photo.
Capulin Mountain Capulin Volcano from Highway 325 (2010-08-14). Photo by Peter Stone. Click here for larger-size photo.	Green Mountain Green Mountain from NM-193 (2019-05-06). Photo by fred brown. Click here for larger-size photo.
Horseshoe Crater Horseshoe Crater, near Capulin Volcano, viewed east of Des Moines, NM (2013-06). Photo by Charles Baxter. Click here for larger-size photo.	Black Mesa This beautiful granite monument atop the flat expanse of Black Mesa marks the highest spot in Oklahoma (1989-04-23).
Two Buttes Two Buttes - Prowers County, CO (2017-04-14). Photo by Zackary Michek. Click here for larger-size photo.

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