Wagon Mound
Mora County New Mexico
Photo by Mark Nohl
The 6,930' high peak, shaped like an oxen-drawn wagon in profile, is a famous Santa Fe Trail landmark and campsite. The Pilot Knobs, two other SFT landmarks, are just to the W across I-25. The onetime farming and ranching village is home to 300 people, most of them older Hispanics.
This National Historic Landmark meant a campsite and permanent source of water for westbound Santa Fe Trail travelers. The village, settled in the 1870's, has several historic homes and buildings like the 18-room Santa Clara Hotel, built in 1894.
Location Information
- View the Google Map for this site (lat-long decimal degrees, NAD27) 36.00879 -104.70601
Contact Information
- Village Clerk of Wagon Mound
- Catron Avenue
- Wagon Mound, NM 87752
- 505-666-2408
- Fax: 505-666-9071
