[5] The Mount Taylor volcanic field includes Mesa Chivato to the northeast and Grants Ridge to the southwest.

[6][5] The Mount Taylor volcanic field is composed primarily of silica-poor (mafic) lava (with 80% by volume), most of which is trachybasalt.

Mount Taylor marks the southern boundary, and is associated with the direction south and the color blue; it is gendered female.

[12] The mountain is surrounded by a great volume of volcanic debris, but the debris field and the natural amphitheater in the central part of the mountain are attributed to erosion rather than a late stage explosion similar to Valles Caldera, Mount St. Helens or the San Francisco Peaks.

[18] Mount Taylor volcano was the leading source of volcanism in this area for this time period, aside from some local basalt eruptions.

This was accompanied by small volumes of more silicic volcanism, producing trachyte, trachydacite, and rhyolite tuffs, domes, and plugs.

The third phase, from 2.75 to 2.52 million years ago, completed the construction of the stratovolcano and formed the flows capping its peak.

The event includes bicycling, running, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing for 44 miles from the town of Grants to the summit and back.

[23] Mount Taylor and the surrounding area is home to large elk herds, mule deer, black bear, mountain lion and wild turkey.

"The Navajo Nation, the Acoma, Laguna and Zuni pueblos, and the Hopi tribe of Arizona asked the state to approve the listing for a mountain they consider sacred to protect it from an anticipated uranium mining boom, according to the nomination report.

"[25] In April 2009, Mount Taylor was added to the National Trust for Historic Preservation's list of America's Most Endangered Places.

[26] On 7 April 1961, B-52B (53‑0380, call sign "Ciudad Juarez") from the 95th Bombardment Wing out of Biggs AFB was accidentally shot down by the launch of an AIM-9 Sidewinder from a F-100A Super Sabre (tail number 53-1662) from the 188th Tactical Fighter Squadron, New Mexico Air National Guard fighter jet during a practice intercept.