Stratovolcano · San Mateo Mountains · New Mexico

Mount Taylor

3,440 m11,286 ft

Prominence: 1,241 m4,071 ft
Isolation: 118 km
Tonight: 37°FRain showers and thunder · Wind 5–15 mph S

Mount Taylor is a 3,440 m (11,286 ft) stratovolcano in the San Mateo Mountains, New Mexico, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 3,440 m · 11,286 ft
Nearest higher peak: Valles Caldera (3,441 m)
Range: San Mateo Mountains
Region: New Mexico, United States
Protected area: Cibola National Forest
Coordinates: 35.2388° N, 107.6086° W

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3D map

Mount Taylor 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Mount Taylor terrain and contours

50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Mount Taylor elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Mount Taylor weather

Tonight · Rain showers and thunder · 37°F (3°C) · 59% chance of precipitation · Wind 5–15 mph S

Mount Taylor forecast for the summit, about 3,344 m.

Tonight37°59%5–15 mph S
Sat32°42°81%10–15 mph S
Sun30°39°13%5 mph S
Mon32°43°2%0–5 mph NW
Tue33°45°2%5 mph S
Wed35°46°2%5 mph SW
Thu34°44°33%5 mph S

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 00:02 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 10 × 10 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

49.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

42.3%

Steep, 30–45°

8.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.2%

Steeper than 30°: 8.3% of the 100 km² view
Relief in view: 1,082 m low point 2,362 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 89.6%Grassland 8.5%Shrubland 1.9%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5 km; 198 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Greater Short-horned Lizard22
Scarlet Gilia21
Western blue flag17
Quaking aspen13
Hoary Comma12
Common juniper12

Where it sits

Where Mount Taylor sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Luna Lake207 km SW

Downloads

Mount Taylor downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGMount Taylor satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-08.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,445 m at the summit; the official height is 3,440 m.

A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,440 m	—
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)	3,445 m	+5 m
Copernicus GLO-30	3,445 m	+5 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,439 m	-1 m

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-08)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Protected area: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia