Hermit Peak

Hermit's Peak is a mountain in San Miguel County, in northern New Mexico, United States.

The peak is named for the Italian religious recluse Giovanni Maria de Agostini, who lived in a cave on a narrow ledge on the southeast side of the mountain about one hundred feet below the summit rim.

To help shut out the elements and to protect himself from the sheer drop below, Agostini built a rock wall round the mouth of the cave.

[5] His cave became the subject of pilgrimage by some devout New Mexicans, during his life and for a number of years after his death.

From El Porvenir, Hermit Peak's has rocky features that seem to form a man's face looking to the sky.

Looking South from Hermit's Peak, Pecos Wilderness, Santa Fe National Forest