Mount Taylor is a stratovolcano in northwest New Mexico northeast of the town of Grants. It is the high point of the San Mateo Mountains and the highest point in the Cibola National Forest. It was named in 1849 for then president Zachary Taylor. Prior to that it was called Cebolleta (tender onion) by the Spanish; the name persists as one name for the northern portion of the San Mateo Mountains a large mesa. Mount Taylor is largely forested rising like a blue cone above the desert below.
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3445.76
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New Mexico, Cibola County New Mexico, United States
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