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[[ | {{infobox WorldScouting | type = campsite | image = PhilmontDollarPatch.JPG | name = Philmont Scout Ranch | location = [[Cimarron, New Mexico]] | lat_degrees =36 | lat_minutes =27 | lat_seconds =15 | lat_direction =N | long_degrees =104 | long_minutes =57 | long_seconds =21 | long_direction =W | country = [[United States]] | f-date = 1938 | founder = [[Waite Phillips]] | owner = [[Boy Scouts of America]] | members = 33,583 campers (2006)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://marketing.scouting.org/research/demog/02-030.pdf |format=PDF|title=2006 BSA Year in Review |accessdate=2008-01-05 |publisher=Boy Scouts of America}}</ref>}} | ||
'''Philmont Scout Ranch''' is a large, rugged, mountainous ranch located near the town of Cimarron in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of northern New Mexico. The ranch, formerly the property of oil baron [[Waite Phillips]] and now that of the [[Boy Scouts of America]], is currently in use as a National High Adventure Base in which crews of Scouts and Venturers take part in [[backpacking]] expeditions and other outdoor activities. Of the four national high adventure bases operated by the National Council of the BSA, Philmont is the most popular. | '''Philmont Scout Ranch''' is a large, rugged, mountainous ranch located near the town of Cimarron in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of northern New Mexico. The ranch, formerly the property of oil baron [[Waite Phillips]] and now that of the [[Boy Scouts of America]], is currently in use as a National High Adventure Base in which crews of Scouts and Venturers take part in [[backpacking]] expeditions and other outdoor activities. Of the four national high adventure bases operated by the National Council of the BSA, Philmont is the most popular. | ||
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== Location and geography == | == Location and geography == | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:Tooth of Time.jpg|right|thumb|300px|The Tooth of Time, an icon of Philmont Scout Ranch.]] | ||
Philmont is located in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of New Mexico. The closest village is Cimarron, New Mexico, which sits at 36°30'34" North, 104°54'56" West (36.509467, -104.915496).{{GR|1}} The address of the ranch is usually given as 17 Deer Run Rd., Cimarron, NM, 87714. It is also about 20 miles (30 km) west-northwest of Springer, New Mexico, and 35 miles (56 km) southwest of Raton, New Mexico. The Ranch is shaped somewhat like the letter 'I,' with the bottom section larger than the top. It is about 12 miles (19 km) across (east to west) at its widest point, and about 30 miles (48 km) long. There are no mountains to the south of Philmont, or to the east (indeed, part of the eastern fringe of the ranch is prairie) but the interior is quite mountainous.[[Image:NMMap-doton-Cimarron.PNG|right|Location of Cimarron, New Mexico]][[Image:mountbaldy2.JPG|thumb|right|Mount Baldy, from the peak of Mount Phillips]] | Philmont is located in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of New Mexico. The closest village is Cimarron, New Mexico, which sits at 36°30'34" North, 104°54'56" West (36.509467, -104.915496).{{GR|1}} The address of the ranch is usually given as 17 Deer Run Rd., Cimarron, NM, 87714. It is also about 20 miles (30 km) west-northwest of Springer, New Mexico, and 35 miles (56 km) southwest of Raton, New Mexico. The Ranch is shaped somewhat like the letter 'I,' with the bottom section larger than the top. It is about 12 miles (19 km) across (east to west) at its widest point, and about 30 miles (48 km) long. There are no mountains to the south of Philmont, or to the east (indeed, part of the eastern fringe of the ranch is prairie) but the interior is quite mountainous.[[Image:NMMap-doton-Cimarron.PNG|right|Location of Cimarron, New Mexico]][[Image:mountbaldy2.JPG|thumb|right|Mount Baldy, from the peak of Mount Phillips]] | ||
