Johnson Mesa is a prominent mesa in Colfax County in northeastern New Mexico just south of the Colorado border. The city of Raton is on the west and the community of Folsom on the east. Johnson Mesa is about 14 miles long, running east to west, and 2 miles to 6 miles wide, north to south. The lava-topped tableland slopes downward from 8,650 feet t…
Johnson Mesa is a prominent mesa in Colfax County in northeastern New Mexico just south of the Colorado border. The city of Raton is on the west and the community of Folsom on the east. Johnson Mesa is about 14 miles long, running east to west, and 2 miles to 6 miles wide, north to south. The lava-topped tableland slopes downward from 8,650 feet to 7,600 feet from west to east. Steep-sided cliffs from 500 feet to 1,900 feet high ring the Mesa.