Angel Peak Scenic Area
The Angel Peak Scenic Area is a BLM recreation area located about 15 miles south of Bloomfield in San Juan County, New Mexico. The recreation area, more than 10,000 acres of rugged terrain, features Angel Peak (elevation 6,988 feet), colorful badlands and deep canyons.
Angel Peak Scenic Area
The Angel Peak Scenic Area is a BLM recreation area located about 15 miles south of Bloomfield in San Juan County, New Mexico. The recreation area, more than 10,000 acres of rugged terrain, features Angel Peak (elevation 6,988 feet), colorful badlands and deep canyons.
Angel Peak and the higher terrain are made up of the Eocene San Jose Formation (sandstone), and the badlands are made up of the underlying Paleocene Nacimiento Formation: shale, mudstone, and fine sandstone.
Three picnic areas and a campground are located along the canyon rim overlooking Angel Peak and the Kutz Canyon badlands. Angel Peak Campground has nine sites available for tent camping, and features a short nature trail. Access to the area is via graded county road 7175, from US 550.
Wikipedia: Angel Peak Scenic Area
Dawn's Early Light
Daybreak
Keepers of the Flame
Guardian Angels
Razorback Ramble
Angel Peak from the Angel Peak Scenic Area Campground, Bloomfield NM
October 19, 2015
I had no idea this was possible. These young ladies hiked all the way out to the left of the two pinacles in the foreground of the Guardian Angels photo I posted above. What a hoot!
Dawn's Early Light
Angel Peak Scenic Area, Bloomfield NM
October 17, 2016
Interesting light on Angel Peak this morning. I took this shot about 1/2 hour before sunrise. The upper peak was lit by the pre-dawn sun reflecting intensely red off a low band of clouds in the east which created a nice contrast with the darker canyons below and the dark foreground shaded by my RV parked to the east of my tripod.
Daybreak
Angel Peak Scenic Area, Bloomfield NM
October 16, 2016
I was a little disappointed to see clouds this morning. I was hoping to catch the Super Moon setting beyond the badlands. No such luck but this sky blue pink over Angel Peak at first light was a nice consolation.
Keepers of the Flame
Formations at sunrise, Angel Peak Scenic Area, Bloomfield NM
October 13, 2016
The formations rising from the Kutz Canyon badlands of the BLM Angel Peak Recreation Area (about 15 miles south of Bloomfield in San Juan County, New Mexico) are particularly colorful at sunrise and change color from these yellows and golds to varying shades of grey as the sun moves higher in the sky.
Angel Peak, out of sight to the right of this image, and the higher terrain are made up of the Eocene San Jose Formation (sandstone), and the badlands are made up of the underlying Paleocene Nacimiento Formation: shale, mudstone, and fine sandstone.
Guardian Angels
Angel Peak from the Angel Peak Scenic Area Campground, Bloomfield NM
October 17, 2015
The shifting patchy light of a mostly cloudy day set the scene for this moody view of Angel Peak and it's neighboring pinacles in the badlands.