Mountain Park, New Mexico

Mountain Park is an unincorporated community in Otero County, New Mexico, United States.^[1] It is located at 32.951°N, 105.824°W, and its elevation is 6710 feet.

Old Apple Barn, a store in Mountain Park

It is the birthplace of Bill Mauldin, an American editorial cartoonist and two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize.^[2]

Education

It is zoned to Alamogordo Public Schools.^[3] High Rolls/Mount Park Elementary is the zoned elementary school,^[4] while Chaparral Middle School is the zoned middle school.^[5] Alamogordo High School is the district's comprehensive high school.

References

1. "Mountain Park, New Mexico". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. IMDB-Bill Mauldin
3. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Otero County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
4. "Elementary School Zones" (PDF). Alamogordo Public Schools. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
5. "Middle School Zone Maps Effective 2014-2015 School Year" (PDF). Alamogordo Public Schools. Retrieved July 28, 2021.

32°57′02″N 105°49′29″W / 32.95056°N 105.82472°W / 32.95056; -105.82472