Mount Sedgwick

Mount Sedgwick, near Grants, NM, is the tallest peak in the Zuni Mountains, topping out at 9,256 feet. It lies about 9 miles off the old road. For road trippers it is a high point on the skyline and a reason to look up from the highway, especially if you are already heading toward Bluewater Lake in the same range.

What is Mount Sedgwick?

A mountain summit, the highest in the Zuni Mountains, a range in western New Mexico, and its 9,256-foot summit is the high point of the whole range.

Visiting Mount Sedgwick: tips

Most travellers will enjoy it as a view rather than a climb. Bluewater Lake State Park, about 8.3 miles away, is the easiest way to spend time in the Zuni Mountains, with water and open space. The site of the old Anaconda uranium camp is about 9.9 miles away.

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Bluewater Lake State Park near Grants, NM

Bluewater Lake State Park

Grants, New Mexico · 5.6 mi from Route 66

A high mountain lake in the Zuni Mountains, known for trout fishing, bird-watching and winter ice fishing.

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8.3 mi from Mount Sedgwick

Anaconda, New Mexico

Anaconda, New Mexico · 0.5 mi from Route 66

The vanished company town of a 1950s uranium mill beside Route 66 northwest of Grants.

Ghost town

9.9 mi from Mount Sedgwick

Western New Mexico Aviation Heritage Museum in Milan, NM

Western New Mexico Aviation Heritage Museum

Milan, New Mexico · 0.5 mi from Route 66

A small aviation museum at the Grants-Milan airport, housed with a 1953 flight service station.

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11.1 mi from Mount Sedgwick

Grants-Milan Flight Service Station, New Mexico

Grants-Milan Flight Service Station

Milan, New Mexico · 0.5 mi from Route 66

A 1953 flight service station at the Grants-Milan airport, now tied to the local aviation heritage museum.

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11.2 mi from Mount Sedgwick

Charley's Automotive Service in Grants, NM

Charley's Automotive Service

Grants, New Mexico · on Route 66

A pumice-block garage, cafe and home from 1943 on Grants' stretch of Route 66, left much as it was.

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13.1 mi from Mount Sedgwick

Roy T. Herman's Garage and Service Station in Thoreau, NM

Roy T. Herman's Garage and Service Station

Thoreau, New Mexico · on Route 66

A 1935 Standard Oil station that moved to Thoreau in 1937 to serve a new stretch of Route 66.

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17.0 mi from Mount Sedgwick

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