Steins Peak

Steins Peak
Steins Peak

Location in New Mexico

Highest point
Elevation 5,864 ft (1,787 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence 1,061 ft (323 m)[1]
Coordinates 32°20′01″N 109°02′37″W / 32.3336902°N 109.0436689°W / 32.3336902; -109.0436689Coordinates: 32°20′01″N 109°02′37″W / 32.3336902°N 109.0436689°W / 32.3336902; -109.0436689[2]
Geography
Location Hidalgo County, New Mexico, U.S.
Parent range Peloncillo Mountains

Steins Peak is a 5,864-foot (1,787 m) high mountain in Hidalgo County, New Mexico. It lies south of the upper reach of Doubtful Canyon. It is located 0.3 miles (0.5 km) east of the Arizona, New Mexico State line and 8 miles (13 km) north northwest of Steins, New Mexico.

History

The peak was named for U. S. Army Major Enoch Steen (1800–1880) who led troops and an expedition in the area in 1849 and the early 1850s.[2] It was a landmark for travelers that indicated the Doubtful Canyon pass through the Peloncillo Mountains along the Butterfield Overland Mail where it built its Steins Peak Station to the north of the mountain along Doubtful Canyon.

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