The Peloncillo Mountains of Hidalgo County, ( Spanish language pelo , hair, pelón , hairless, bald; peloncillo , Little Baldy ), is a major 35-mile (56 km) long mountain range southwest of New Mexico 's Hidalgo County , and also part of the New Mexico Bootheel region. The range continues to the northwest into Arizona as the Peloncillo Mountains of Cochise County, Arizona . The extreme southwest corner of the range also lies in Arizona. It is a linear range bordering the linear San Bernardino Valley of southeast Cochise County, Arizona.
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8-567: A region of southeast Arizona , southwest New Mexico, northeast Sonora , and extreme northwest Chihuahua called the Madrean Sky Islands . They are tall mountain ranges isolated by surrounding flatlands and valleys with sky islands of isolated fauna and flora. Various corridors exist between some ranges; others are mostly isolated. Some ranges are lower elevation, with a reduced variety of habitats. The Peloncillo Mountains are mostly north-south trending, but curving northeasterly at
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16-430: The north end. They parallel the southwesterly-by-northeast San Bernardino Valley of Arizona, with various canyons and washes draining into the valley. Historical battles, and Indian Wars caused retreat into this mountain region; it was also access and escape routes into the safe haven ranges of northern Mexico. The highest peak is Gray Mountain at 6,928 feet (2,112 m). The region is famous for Skeleton Canyon and
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