Cedar Mountain Range

Cedar Mountain Range
Cedar Mountain Range is located in New Mexico
Cedar Mountain Range
Cedar Mountain Range
Cedar Mountain Range in New Mexico
Highest point
PeakFlying W Mountain, Cedar Mountain Range
Elevation6,217 ft (1,895 m)
Coordinates31°55′19″N 108°05′41″W / 31.922041°N 108.094759°W / 31.922041; -108.094759
Dimensions
Length20 mi (32 km) NW-SE
Width6 mi (9.7 km)
Geography
CountryUnited States
StateNew Mexico
RegionsChihuahuan Desert and Continental Divide
CountiesLuna and Grant
SettlementsHachita and Hermanas
Range coordinates31°57′25″N 108°08′25″W / 31.95694°N 108.14028°W / 31.95694; -108.14028
Borders onContinental Divide, State Road 9 and Mexico–United States border

The Cedar Mountain Range is a short 20 mi (32 km) long, mountain range in southwest Luna County, New Mexico, USA, just north of the Mexico–United States border with Chihuahua.

The range lies in the northwest Chihuahuan Desert and the extreme northwest end of the range lies in southeast Grant County. It is here that the Continental Divide of the Americas crosses the range, turns northwest, then west, and south at the north perimeter of the north–south Playas Valley. The continental divide continues south into Mexico on the western perimeter of the Playas Valley, through three mountain ranges, the Pyramid, Animas, and San Luis Mountains (New Mexico).