mountain approximately six miles northeast of the village of Canjilón,[3] in the Carson National Forest.

The word cajilon is the term for "deer antler" in Northern New Mexican Spanish.

[4] The mountain was so named because of its resemblance to an antler.

[4] Canjilón Mountain was the site of a 3.7 magnitude earthquake on June 4, 2008.

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