The Top 6 Natural Monuments in Catron County
Catron County’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 6
beautiful natural monuments in Catron County. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
beautiful natural monuments in Catron County. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!
Last updated: October 18, 2025
Whitewater Baldy is the tallest standing mountain in the Mogollon Wilderness. The 10,899 foot mountain was the center of a major forest fire in 2012. Much of the forest was …
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Flat bed of a pleistocene lake 50 miles across, sank between two parallel geologic plates. Later hit by meteorite shower, many space rocks were found here.
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Quemado lake is gorgeous from all angles! There is a bench along the trail where you can rest and enjoy the beauty of the area. Interpretive signs explain some of the birds that inhabit the lake area.
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About a 1 mile walk along and through the water of the shallow Middle Fork Gila River emerges a small stream of very hot water which hot springs enthusiasts channel …
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4 caves high in the sandstone cliffs of a narrow side canyon to the Gila River with houses built in successive phases between 800 and 1300 AD. Occupied by some 60 Mogollan natives.
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This may not be a bike trail, but there were no visitors and at least up to here the trail was gradual and easy rolling
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