Pecos Wilderness

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backcountry area protected area wilderness area

Pecos Wilderness is a protected high-mountain backcountry area in northern New Mexico known for its rugged peaks, alpine lakes, and extensive hiking and backpacking opportunities.

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Label Occurrences
Pecos Wilderness canonical 4
Pecos Wilderness (portion) 1

Statements (74)

Predicate Object
instanceOf backcountry area ⓘ
protected area ⓘ
wilderness area ⓘ
accessPoint Cowles, New Mexico ⓘ
Pecos ⓘ
surface form: Pecos, New Mexico

Santa Fe ski basin ⓘ
Tres Ritos area ⓘ
area over 220,000 acres ⓘ
over 890 square kilometers ⓘ
climate high-altitude continental climate ⓘ
contains Hamilton Mesa ⓘ
Lake Katherine ⓘ
Pecos Baldy Lake ⓘ
Pecos Falls ⓘ
Pecos River headwaters ⓘ
Rio Mora headwaters ⓘ
Santa Barbara Divide ⓘ
Santa Fe River headwaters ⓘ
Truchas Lakes ⓘ
Winsor Creek ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
ecosystemType Southern Rocky Mountains ⓘ
established 1964 ⓘ
establishedBy Wilderness Act of 1964 ⓘ
expanded 1980s ⓘ
governingBody Carson National Forest ⓘ
Santa Fe National Forest ⓘ
U.S. Forest Service ⓘ
surface form: United States Forest Service
hasFeature alpine lakes ⓘ
alpine meadows ⓘ
deep river valleys ⓘ
extensive trail system ⓘ
glacial cirques ⓘ
high mountain terrain ⓘ
rugged peaks ⓘ
subalpine forests ⓘ
highestPoint South Truchas Peak ⓘ
highestPointElevation about 13,102 feet ⓘ
IUCNCategory Ib ⓘ
knownFor backpacking ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
horseback riding ⓘ
mountain scenery ⓘ
wilderness recreation ⓘ
locatedIn Carson National Forest ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Sangre de Cristo Mountains ⓘ
Santa Fe National Forest ⓘ
northern New Mexico ⓘ
nearestCity Las Vegas New Mexico ⓘ
surface form: Las Vegas, New Mexico

Santa Fe, New Mexico ⓘ
partOf National Wilderness Preservation System ⓘ
popularActivity backcountry fishing ⓘ
day hiking ⓘ
horse packing trips ⓘ
multi-day backpacking ⓘ
popularTrail Jack’s Creek Trail ⓘ
Pecos Baldy Trail ⓘ
Skyline Trail ⓘ
Winsor Trail ⓘ
regulation group size limits for overnight use ⓘ
mechanized equipment prohibited ⓘ
motorized vehicles prohibited ⓘ
state New Mexico ⓘ
vegetation mixed conifer forests ⓘ
ponderosa pine forests ⓘ
spruce-fir forests ⓘ
wildlife Rio Grande cutthroat trout ⓘ
bighorn sheep ⓘ
black bear ⓘ
elk ⓘ
mountain lion ⓘ
mule deer ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Santa Fe National Forest → contains → Pecos Wilderness ⓘ
Sangre de Cristo Mountains → contains → Pecos Wilderness ⓘ
San Miguel County → hasProtectedArea → Pecos Wilderness ⓘ
subject surface form: San Miguel County, New Mexico
Pecos → hasNearby → Pecos Wilderness ⓘ
Carson National Forest → contains → Pecos Wilderness ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pecos Wilderness (portion)