BEARHEAD PEAK
New Mexico - Sandoval County - Santa Fe National Forest - 17N-4E-11
National Geodetic Survey
DESIGNATION - BEARHEAD
PID - FO1711
STATE/COUNTY- NM/SANDOVAL
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - CANADA (1993)
STATION DESCRIPTION
DESCRIBED BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1931
ON HIGHEST POINT OF BEARHEAD PEAK, ABOUT 2.5 MI. S. OF BLAND, A FIRE
LOOKOUT TOWER ABOUT 38 FT. HIGH. ANIMALS CAN BE TAKEN TO TOP OVER
BLAND-PERALTA CANYON TRAIL, WHICH PASSES THROUGH A SADDLE ABOUT 0.25
MI. W. OF STATION.
STATION RECOVERED IN 1949 BY USGS, NEW ROUTE DESCRIPTION AS FOLLOWS
STATION CAN BE REACHED FROM POST NO. 390 OR WHAT IS COMMONLY KNOWN
AS BACK GATE AT LOS ALAMOS, NEW MEXICO, GO RIGHT (NW.) ON STATE
HIGHWAY 4, 11.0 MI. TO RD. FORK, THEN LEFT ON E. LEG OF TRIANGLE
FORMED BY RDS., AND OVER DEL NORTE PASS 8.0 MI. TO RD. JUNCTION
AND ABOUT 0.5 MI. BELOW BLAND. THEN LEFT 0.2 MI. DOWN CANYON TO
MINING RD. ON RIGHT (THIS RD. CAN BE TRAVELED WITH JEEP OR A SMALL
VEHICLE WITH LOW TRANSMISSION), TURN RIGHT UP MINING RD. 1.2 MI. TO
SHARP BEND LEFT AT TOP OF CANYON, CONTINUE AROUND CURVE AND DOWN
CANYON 0.9 MI. TO SHARP BEND RIGHT AT POINT OF RIDGE, END OF TRUCK
TRAVEL (AT THIS POINT STATION CAN BE SEEN AT A DISTANCE OF ABOUT 3
MI. TO THE S.). THERE ARE USFS TRAIL SIGNS INDICATING BEAR SPRINGS
AND PERALTA CANYON, PACK DOWN RIDGE TO PERALTA CANYON, DISTANCE OF
ABOUT 1.05 MI., THEN RIGHT UP PERALTA CANYON TO SADDLE, THEN LEFT
ALONG RIDGE TO HIGH POINT AND STATION SITE. PACK TIME ABOUT 2-1/2
HOURS.