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Wheeler Peak is the highest natural point in the U.S. state of New Mexico .. New Mexico. New Mexico. U.S. state. U.S. state. It is located northeast of Taos and south of Red River in the northern part of the state , and just 2 mi southeast of the ski slopes of Taos Ski Valley .. Taos. Taos, New Mexico. Red River. Red River, New Mexico. It lies in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains , the southernmost subrange of the Rocky Mountains .. Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Rocky Mountains. Rocky Mountains. The peak 's elevation is 13,167 ft.. Formerly named Taos Peak , after the nearby town of Taos , New Mexico , it was renamed Wheeler Peak in 1950 .. New Mexico. New Mexico. Taos. Taos, New Mexico. A plaque at the summit states that the mountain was  :. Named in honor of Major George Montague Wheeler -LRB- 1842 -- 1905 -RRB- who for ten years led a party of surveyors and naturalists collecting geologic , biologic , planimetric and topographic data in New Mexico and six other southwestern states .. New Mexico. New Mexico. George Montague Wheeler. George Wheeler ( explorer )