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Eagle Nest is in northeastern New Mexico, about 50 miles (by road) south of the Colorado border and 130 miles west of the Texas/Oklahoma borders. It is nestled at the northern end of Moreno Valley, a high alpine valley 15 miles long and three miles wide located in the majestic Sangre de Cristo Mountains in southwestern Colfax County. Base elevation of the Valley is 8382 feet with surrounding mountains ranging from 12,441 feet Baldy Peak at the north end of the Valley to 11,086 feet Agua Fria Peak on the south end of the Valley. The highest mountain in the State, 13,161 feet Wheeler Peak, forms the northwest boundary of the Valley. Eagle Nest is 160 miles northeast of Albuquerque, 32 miles east of Taos and 64 miles southwest of Raton. |