| Cookes Range | |
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| Country | United States |
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| State | New Mexico |
| Region | ((northwest)-Chihuahuan Desert) |
| County | Luna |
| Borders on | Whitehorse Mountain-NW Mimbres Mountains-N Good Sight Mountains-ESE Deming, NM & Florida Mtns-S |
| City | Deming Nutt, Lake Valley |
| Coordinates | |
| Highest point | Cookes Peak |
| - location | Cookes Range |
| - elevation | 8,408 ft (2,563 m) |
| - coordinates | |
| Length | 17 mi (27 km), N-S |
| Width | 8 mi (13 km) |
| Topo map | USGS Massacre Peak |
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Cookes Range in New Mexico
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The Cookes Range is a small 17-mi (27 km) long,[1] mountain range in the north of Luna County, New Mexico. The north of the range extends slightly north into southeast Grant County. The range is a continuation of a south extension of the Mimbres Mountains, a southeast portion of the extensive north south Black Range.
The range and the region is surrounded by lower elevation areas of the northwest Chihuahuan Desert, the large desert at the north of the Mexican Plateau and encompassing much of Chihuahua state, Mexico.
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Cookes Range is about 17 mi long, and about 8 mi at its widest. It is discontinuous, with a center-north section where Cookes Peak, 8,408 feet (2,563 m)[2] is located, at the origin of OK Canyon, which exits the range eastwards. Adjacent the ridges south of OK Canyon is a transverse ridgeline, across the range, west to east, named Rattlesnake Ridge. One other larger peak occurs in the discontinuous mountains and hills in the south region, Massacre Peak, at 5,667 feet (1,727 m). Other outlying lower elevation hills occur, east and west, in the north section, as the Cookes Range merges into the lower elevations of the Mimbres Mountains section of the Black Range.
The Cookes Range Wilderness Study Area is located in the range.
Peaks
Cookes Range