Tooth of Time

Tooth of Time
Tooth of Time from the South
Highest point
Elevation9,003 ft (2,744 m)[1]
Prominence203 ft (62 m)[1]
Coordinates36°26′53″N 105°0′29″W / 36.44806°N 105.00806°W / 36.44806; -105.00806[1]
Geography
Tooth of Time is located in New Mexico
Tooth of Time
Tooth of Time
Tooth of Time is located in the United States
Tooth of Time
Tooth of Time
Tooth of Time (the United States)
Parent rangeCimarron Range, Sangre de Cristo Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Tooth of Time
Climbing
First ascentantiquity
Easiest routeScramble

The Tooth of Time is an igneous intrusion of dacite porphyry formed in the tertiary period some 22 to 40 million years ago. It is a geological feature on the Philmont Scout Ranch located five miles (8.0 km) southwest of Cimarron, New Mexico, United States, and is one of Philmont's most popular sights. It is an igneous intrusion of dacite porphyry formed in the Paleogene Period of the Cenozoic Era some 22-40 million years ago.