Cerro Pedernal
Cerro Pedernal is 9,862 feet high. It is located a bit north and west of the village of Abiquiú, New Mexico. I pass it often and it offers an ever-changing vista, which always keeps me interested.
Pedernal means flint in Spanish, and this flat-topped butte in northern New Mexico has long been a source of agate. Natives living nearby during the Pueblo Period (1303-1324 AD) used Pedernal’s stone for arrowheads, scrapers, knives, and spearpoints. Today, the butte is a well-known landmark in the northern Jemez Mountains, and gained further noteriety when artist Georgia O’Keefe lived nearby and painted the peak.
Pedernal means flint in Spanish, and this flat-topped butte in northern New Mexico has long been a source of agate. Natives living nearby during the Pueblo Period (1303-1324 AD) used Pedernal’s stone for arrowheads, scrapers, knives, and spearpoints. Today, the butte is a well-known landmark in the northern Jemez Mountains, and gained further noteriety when artist Georgia O’Keefe lived nearby and painted the peak.
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