*Last updated on October 23, 2025
Below is a table summarizing each of the county high points in New Mexico that I’ve visited (in the order of their completion). If you click on the high point’s name, you’ll get my trip report for that county. At the bottom of this post, I’ve also included some interesting trivia and metrics from my visits.
| Order | High Point | County | Mountain Range | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wheeler Peak | Taos Co. | Sangre de Cristo Mountains | Oct. 8, 2019 |
| 2 | Sandia Crest | Bernalillo Co. | Sandia Mountains | Oct. 29, 2019 |
| 3 | Santa Fe Baldy | Santa Fe Co. | Sangre de Cristo Mountains | Oct. 3, 2025 |
| 4 | Truchas Peak | Mora Co. | Oct. 2025 | Oct. 4, 2025 |
| 5 | Truchas Peak | Rio Arriba Co. | Sangre de Cristo Mountains | Oct. 4, 2025 |
Overall Stats
- My current CoHP tally for New Mexico: 5
- Number of counties left to complete: 29
- Percent complete: 15%
- Highest New Mexico CoHP I’ve conquered: Wheeler Peak (13,162′) – the state high point
- Lowest New Mexico CoHP I’ve stood upon: Sandia Crest (10,769′)
- Elevation of the lowest CoHP in New Mexico: 4,478 feet (Lea Co.)
- New Mexico CoHPs that are “liners” (i.e, the summit sits in another county): 2 (Los Alamos Co. & Valencia Co.)
- Number of other CoHPs that are on the edge of a county line (no summit): 2
- Number of New Mexico counties with shared high points: 4
- Name of those shared CoHPs: Truchas Peak & McKnight Mountain
- Number of New Mexico counties with unnamed high points: 4
- Number of CoHPs located on a mesa: 2 (Quay Co., Guadalupe Co.)
- Most prominent CoHP in the state: Sandia Crest – 4,115′ prominence
How I got there
- Number of CoHPs that I visited completely solo: 3
- Number of CoHPs visited with family: 2
- Longest distance hiked for a CoHP’s summit: 8.2 miles roundtrip
- Number of CoHPs where I rode an aerial tram down from the summit: 1 (Sandia Crest)
- Number of CoHPs I plan to hike as part of my Santa Fe to Taos thru-hike: 3
- Distance of SF2T thru-hike: 132 miles
When I ventured Out
- Number of New Mexico CoHPs summited in 2019: 2
- Number of CoHPs summited between 2020-24: 0
- Number of CoHPs summited in 2025: 3
- CoHPs visited in winter: 0
- CoHPs visited in spring or summer: 0
- Number visited in autumn (September-November): 5
- Most common month for me to visit New Mexico: October
- Other major events in New Mexico in October: Albuquerque balloon fiesta
Other Trivia from my Adventures
- State Nickname: Land of Enchantment
- First New Mexico CoHP that I visited: Wheeler Peak at 13,162′
- Why I climbed it: It’s the state high point
- My favorite food in New Mexico: Hatch chiles on anything!
- My favorite town in New Mexico: Santa Fe
- National Parks I’ve visited in New Mexico: 2 (White Sands NP & Carlsbad Caverns NP)
- National Monuments visited in New Mexico: 2 (Bandolier NM & Petroglyph NM)
- National Historical Parks visited: 1 (The Manhattan Project at Los Alamos)
- Times I completed the Bataan Memorial Death March at WSMR: 1
