Geology

Mount Taylor

Cibola County, NM

Approximate location — plotted from published sources, not a site visit, and not a guarantee of access.

Tsoodził — Mount Taylor — is a ~11,300 ft composite stratovolcano and one of the four sacred mountains of the Navajo Nation, rising above the Grants uranium belt and El Malpais lava fields. The Gooseberry Springs Trail (#77) from Cibola National Forest FR 193 is the standard day-hike route to the summit across lava, ponderosa, and open alpine slopes with long views of the Rio Grande rift country.

Facts

RegionCibola County, NM
Coordinates (approx.)35.2186, -107.6366
Summit elev.11,301 ft (GNIS Mount Taylor)
RockPliocene–Pleistocene stratovolcano (andesite/dacite)
AccessGooseberry Springs Trailhead, FR 193
ManagerUSFS Cibola NF — Mt. Taylor Ranger District

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