Pecos Wilderness
E216183
Pecos Wilderness is a protected high-mountain backcountry area in northern New Mexico known for its rugged peaks, alpine lakes, and extensive hiking and backpacking opportunities.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pecos Wilderness canonical | 4 |
| Pecos Wilderness (portion) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1455501 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pecos Wilderness Context triple: [Santa Fe National Forest, contains, Pecos Wilderness]
-
A.
Ventana Wilderness
Ventana Wilderness is a rugged, largely roadless protected area of forests, canyons, and peaks in California’s central coast mountains, popular for backcountry hiking and wildlife habitat.
-
B.
Toiyabe National Forest
Toiyabe National Forest is a vast U.S. national forest spanning rugged mountain ranges and high desert landscapes in Nevada and eastern California, known for its remote wilderness, hiking, and wildlife habitat.
-
C.
Jarbidge Wilderness
Jarbidge Wilderness is a remote, rugged wilderness area in northeastern Nevada known for its steep canyons, high peaks, and diverse wildlife.
-
D.
Prescott National Forest
Prescott National Forest is a protected expanse of forests, mountains, and canyons in central Arizona known for its outdoor recreation, diverse wildlife, and scenic landscapes.
-
E.
West Elk Wilderness
West Elk Wilderness is a rugged, mountainous protected area in western Colorado known for its volcanic peaks, deep canyons, and extensive backcountry hiking and wildlife habitat.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pecos Wilderness Target entity description: Pecos Wilderness is a protected high-mountain backcountry area in northern New Mexico known for its rugged peaks, alpine lakes, and extensive hiking and backpacking opportunities.
-
A.
Ventana Wilderness
Ventana Wilderness is a rugged, largely roadless protected area of forests, canyons, and peaks in California’s central coast mountains, popular for backcountry hiking and wildlife habitat.
-
B.
Toiyabe National Forest
Toiyabe National Forest is a vast U.S. national forest spanning rugged mountain ranges and high desert landscapes in Nevada and eastern California, known for its remote wilderness, hiking, and wildlife habitat.
-
C.
Jarbidge Wilderness
Jarbidge Wilderness is a remote, rugged wilderness area in northeastern Nevada known for its steep canyons, high peaks, and diverse wildlife.
-
D.
Prescott National Forest
Prescott National Forest is a protected expanse of forests, mountains, and canyons in central Arizona known for its outdoor recreation, diverse wildlife, and scenic landscapes.
-
E.
West Elk Wilderness
West Elk Wilderness is a rugged, mountainous protected area in western Colorado known for its volcanic peaks, deep canyons, and extensive backcountry hiking and wildlife habitat.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (74)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
backcountry area
ⓘ
protected area ⓘ wilderness area ⓘ |
| accessPoint |
Cowles, New Mexico
ⓘ
Pecos ⓘ
surface form:
Pecos, New Mexico
Santa Fe ski basin ⓘ Tres Ritos area ⓘ |
| area |
over 220,000 acres
ⓘ
over 890 square kilometers ⓘ |
| climate | high-altitude continental climate ⓘ |
| contains |
Hamilton Mesa
ⓘ
Lake Katherine ⓘ Pecos Baldy Lake ⓘ Pecos Falls ⓘ Pecos River headwaters ⓘ Rio Mora headwaters ⓘ Santa Barbara Divide ⓘ Santa Fe River headwaters ⓘ Truchas Lakes ⓘ Winsor Creek ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| ecosystemType | Southern Rocky Mountains ⓘ |
| established | 1964 ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Wilderness Act of 1964 ⓘ |
| expanded | 1980s ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Carson National Forest
ⓘ
Santa Fe National Forest ⓘ U.S. Forest Service ⓘ
surface form:
United States Forest Service
|
| hasFeature |
alpine lakes
ⓘ
alpine meadows ⓘ deep river valleys ⓘ extensive trail system ⓘ glacial cirques ⓘ high mountain terrain ⓘ rugged peaks ⓘ subalpine forests ⓘ |
| highestPoint | South Truchas Peak ⓘ |
| highestPointElevation | about 13,102 feet ⓘ |
| IUCNCategory | Ib ⓘ |
| knownFor |
backpacking
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ hiking ⓘ horseback riding ⓘ mountain scenery ⓘ wilderness recreation ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Carson National Forest
ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ Sangre de Cristo Mountains ⓘ Santa Fe National Forest ⓘ northern New Mexico ⓘ |
| nearestCity |
Las Vegas New Mexico
ⓘ
surface form:
Las Vegas, New Mexico
Santa Fe, New Mexico ⓘ |
| partOf | National Wilderness Preservation System ⓘ |
| popularActivity |
backcountry fishing
ⓘ
day hiking ⓘ horse packing trips ⓘ multi-day backpacking ⓘ |
| popularTrail |
Jack’s Creek Trail
ⓘ
Pecos Baldy Trail ⓘ Skyline Trail ⓘ Winsor Trail ⓘ |
| regulation |
group size limits for overnight use
ⓘ
mechanized equipment prohibited ⓘ motorized vehicles prohibited ⓘ |
| state | New Mexico ⓘ |
| vegetation |
mixed conifer forests
ⓘ
ponderosa pine forests ⓘ spruce-fir forests ⓘ |
| wildlife |
Rio Grande cutthroat trout
ⓘ
bighorn sheep ⓘ black bear ⓘ elk ⓘ mountain lion ⓘ mule deer ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Pecos Wilderness Description of subject: Pecos Wilderness is a protected high-mountain backcountry area in northern New Mexico known for its rugged peaks, alpine lakes, and extensive hiking and backpacking opportunities.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
San Miguel County, New Mexico
this entity surface form:
Pecos Wilderness (portion)