Cerro Pedernal, locally known as just Pedernal, is a narrow mesa in northern New Mexico. The name is Spanish for flint hill. The mesa lies on the north flank of the Jemez Mountains, south of Abiquiu Lake, in the Coyote Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest. Its caprock was produced in the Jemez Volcanic Field. Its highest point is 9,862 feet (3,006 meters).