The Florida Mountains are east and adjacent to New Mexico State Road 11, the north–south route to Chihuahua; it becomes Highway 23 in Chihuahua and connects to Mexican Federal Highway 2, the major east–west route of the north Chihuahuan Desert adjacent the U.S.-Mexico border.
Description
The Florida Mountains are a small, compact range about 12 miles (19 km) long, with various peaks from 5,000 to 7,000 feet (1,524 to 2,134 m). The range highpoint is Florida Peak, 7,295 feet (2,224 m),[2] which lies near the north. Other high peaks in the center-south, are Gym, Baldy, and South Peak. Four other peaks are in the extreme northwest; besides Florida Peak, the tallest of the other four is Capitol Dome, at 5,962 feet (1,817 m).
Most of the land surrounding the prominent rise of the mountain range are flatlands. Deming, and its suburbs directly south, form the northwest and west border of the range's minor foothills. Populated flatlands are northeast, with open flatlands to the east and southeast.
New Mexico 198 lies at the range's north, the location of Rockhound State Park. The park is nestled between the Florida Mountains, and a 3-mile (5 km) long mountain range called the Little Florida Mountains.
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