Cookes Range

Cookes Range
Eastern side of Cookes Range
Highest point
PeakCookes Peak
Elevation8,408 ft (2,563 m)
Coordinates32°32′10″N 107°43′54″W / 32.5360°N 107.7316°W / 32.5360; -107.7316
Dimensions
Length17 mi (27 km) N-S
Width8 mi (13 km)
Geography
Cookes Range is located in New Mexico
Cookes Range
Cookes Range
Cookes Range in New Mexico
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
Region((northwest)-Chihuahuan Desert)
CountyLuna
SettlementDeming, Nutt and Lake Valley
Borders onWhitehorse Mountain-NW
Mimbres Mountains-N
Good Sight Mountains-ESE
Deming, NM & Florida Mtns-S
Topo mapUSGS Massacre Peak
Cooke's Range BLM Wilderness Study Area

The Cookes Range (Cooke's Range, Cooks Range or Cook's Range) is a small, 17-mi (27 km) long[1] mountain range in northern Luna County, New Mexico, which extends slightly north into southeastern Grant County. The range is a southern continuation of the Mimbres Mountains, itself the southeast portion of the extensive north–south running Black Range. The Cookes Range is surrounded by lower elevation areas of the northwest Chihuahuan Desert.

  1. ^ New Mexico Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme, c. 2009, p. 44-45.