Elephant Butte Canyon or Lawhorn Canyon is a canyon in the Animas Mountains of Hidalgo County, New Mexico. Its stream is a tributary of Walnut Creek. Its mouth is located at elevation 5,535 feet / 1,687 feet at its confluence with Walnut Creek, just below Lawhorn Tank. Its source is located at 3.5 miles north northeast of its mouth at an elevation of on the southwest slope of Elephant Butte. References Landforms of Hidalgo County, New Mexico Canyons and gorges of New Mexico Rivers of New Mexico Rivers of Hidalgo County, New Mexico