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{{Short description|Mountain in New Mexico, United States}}
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{{Infobox mountain
| name = Whitewater Baldy
| photo = 
| photo_caption = 
| elevation_ft = 10,899
| elevation_ref = {{ngvd29}}<ref name="pb">{{cite peakbagger |pid=4238 |name=Whitewater Baldy, New Mexico |access-date=2014-02-15}}</ref>
| prominence_ft = 3535
| prominence_ref = <ref name="pb"/>
| location = [[Catron County, New Mexico]], U.S.
| range = [[Mogollon Mountains]]
| map = New Mexico
| map_caption = Location in New Mexico
| map_size = 200
| coordinates = {{coord|33.323675|N|108.6417248|W|type:mountain_region:US-NM_scale:100000_source:GNIS|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| range_coordinates = 
| coordinates_ref = <ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis |id=912345 |name=Whitewater Baldy |access-date=2014-02-15}}</ref>
| topo = [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] Grouse Mountain
| volcanic_field = [[Mogollon-Datil volcanic field]]
| first_ascent = 
| easiest_route = trail hike
}}
'''Whitewater Baldy''' is the highest point of the [[Mogollon Mountains]] and the 3rd highest mountain in Southern New Mexico, after [[Sierra Blanca Peak]] and [[Lincoln County, New Mexico|Lincoln County]]'s [[Lookout Mountain (New Mexico)|Lookout Mountain]]. It is located in [[Catron County, New Mexico|Catron County]] in the [[Gila Wilderness]], part of the [[Gila National Forest]]. It lies about {{convert|15|mi|0}} east of the town of [[Glenwood, New Mexico|Glenwood]] (on [[U.S. Route 180]]).

Like all of the surrounding mountains, Whitewater Baldy is part of the [[Mogollon-Datil volcanic field]], and consists of [[volcano|volcanic]] materials formed between forty and twenty-five million years ago.<ref name="butterfield_greene">Butterfield, Mike, and Greene, Peter, ''Mike Butterfield's Guide to the Mountains of New Mexico'', New Mexico Magazine Press, 2006, {{ISBN|978-0-937206-88-1}}</ref> It is drained on the west side by [[Whitewater Creek (New Mexico)|Whitewater Creek]], and on the east by [[Iron Creek (New Mexico)|Iron Creek]].

Despite its name, Whitewater Baldy is forested up to its summit. It can be accessed by trail from the west along the Crest Trail (Forest Trail 182).<ref name="summitpost">{{cite summitpost |id=163674 |title=South Baldy}}</ref> It can also be accessed from the east side of the [[Gila Wilderness]].

The area was severely impacted by the [[Whitewater-Baldy Complex Fire]] in 2012.

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[[Category:Mountains of New Mexico]]
[[Category:Landforms of Catron County, New Mexico]]
[[Category:Mountains of Catron County, New Mexico]]


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