The Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument was established to protect significant prehistoric, historic, geologic, and biologic resources of scientific interest, and includes four areas: the Organ Mountains, Desert Peaks, Potrillo Mountains, and Doña Ana Mountains.

The Organ Mountains are a steep, angular mountain range with rocky spires that jut majestically above the Chihuahuan Desert floor to an elevation of 9,000 feet. This picturesque area of rocky peaks, narrow canyons, and open woodlands ranges from Chihuahuan Desert habitat to ponderosa pine in the highest elevations. Located adjacent to and on the east side of Las Cruces, this area provides opportunities for photography, hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking, camping, and wildlife viewing.

The Desert Peaks include the Robledo Mountains, Sierra de las Uvas, and Doña Ana Mountains, characterized by desert mountains rising steeply from flat plains.

The Potrillo Mountains are the most remote section of the Monument located a distance to the southwest from Las Cruces, and is comprised of a volcanic landscape of cinder cones, lava flows, and craters.

The Doña Ana Mountains have extensive pedestrian trails, equestrian trails, mountain bike trails, rock climbing routes, and some limited routes available for motorized use.

Source: BLM Website (March 2023)

Establishment Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument — May 21, 2014

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The contents of brochures, site bulletins and trading cards (denoted with a colored caption) can be viewed by clicking on the cover. Most modern-day brochures, however, are cover only (denoted by a white caption) due to photograph copyrights. These items are historical in scope and are intended for educational purposes only; they are not meant as an aid for travel planning. The dates under each brochure do not reflect the complete range of years that a particular brochure was issued.

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Aguirre Spring Recreation Area Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks 2021	Dripping Springs, Cox Ranch Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks Date Unknown	Drippings Springs Natural Area Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks 2021	Camping on Public Lands 2021	Geology of the Organ Mountains 2020	Sierra Vista Trail 2020

Annual Manager's Report: 2021, Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument (Jesarey Barela, Carty Carson, Patrick Driscoll, Colin Dunn, Edna Flores, Garrett Leitermann, Enrico Smith, Lance Weinbrenner and Mara Weisenbrerger, 2021)

Annual Manager's Report: 2022, Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument (Jesarey Barela, Carty Carson, Colin Dunn, Garrett Leitermann, Amber Giove, Enrico Smith, Lance Weinbrenner and Mara Weisenbrerger, 2022)

Cultural Resources, Archaeology and History of the Proposed Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument, Doña Ana County, New Mexico (Rebecca Procter, Jean Fulton and Polly Shaafsma, July 2013)

Economic Impacts of National Monument Designation, Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks, New Mexico (2013)

Geology of Organ Mountains and southern San Andres Mountains, New Mexico New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources Memoir 36 (William R. Seager, 1981)

Geology of the Organ Mountains, Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument (BLM, undated)

Manager's Report, FY2014 (Bill Childress, 2014)

Management Prospectus, Organ Mountains National Conservation Area (July 1989)

Map, Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument (BLM, 2015)

Proclamation 9131—Establishment of the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument (Barack Obama, May 21, 2014)

Resource Management Plan, Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument (April 2017)

Science Plan, Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument (BLM, 2020)

President Obama Designates the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument

The following visual bibliography is just a sampling of the handbooks and books which have been published for this park. NPSHistory.com does not endorse these, but are merely presenting them for informational purposes only. As most are copyrighted, we are only able to provide the covers, and not contents, of these publications.

cover only Exploring Organ Mountains - Desert Peaks National Monument Devon Fletcher and David Soules 2018