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Gage

Gage from directly overhead

Gage is a ghost town in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,369 m. Flying W Mountain stands 1,892 m to the south, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Gage Rest Area, a rest area 2.2 miles away. 60 named places lie within 25 miles, 35 of them named summits.

American ghost town

How to reach it

Coordinates32.22940, -108.08600

60 named places within 25 miles

Rest areas: 3
  • Gage Rest Area: 2.2 mi
  • Yucca Rest Area: 9.7 mi
  • Butterfield Rest Area: 19.4 mi
Museums: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Nature reserves: 1
  • Old Town Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 22.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gage. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Flying W MountainS 181°1,892 m21.2 mi
Cedar MountainSSW 197°1,888 m18.8 mi
Soldiers Farewell HillWNW 302°1,870 m16.7 mi
Grandmother MountainNNW 327°1,765 m6.6 mi
JPB MountainWNW 303°1,758 m18.5 mi
Bessie Rhoads MountainWNW 299°1,752 m15.6 mi
Valiente PeakS 176°1,744 m22.8 mi
J P B MountainWNW 303°1,735 m18.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:5219:24
June solstice06:0719:4720:23
September equinox07:0118:3819:10
December solstice07:1016:3517:12

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434753617080818074635142
Precip in0.80.80.30.20.30.22.02.11.20.80.51.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gage, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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