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Home New Mexico Guadalupe County Tucumcari Historical Markers Llano Estacado (7)
     

Llano Estacado (7)

I-40, Tucumcari, NM, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 35° 5' 52.1412", -104° 3' 48.8808"
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Rising above these red-earth lowlands to the south is the Llano Estacado or Staked Plain, a high plateau covering come 32,000 square miles in eastern New Mexico and adjacent areas in Texas. Topographically, it is one of the flattest areas in the U.S., rising 450 feet above the Great Plains.



Last updated: 10/12/2009 23:02:32
   
     
 
Llano Estacado (7) Historical Marker Location Map, Tucumcari, New Mexico