Mowry City
Mowry City is a ghost town in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,489 m. Cookes Peak stands 2,444 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Town Area of Critical Environmental Concern, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 82 named places lie within 25 miles, 48 of them named summits.
human settlement in New Mexico, United States of America
How to reach it
- 19.1 mi off the Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway, National
- 19.7 mi off the Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway, National
- 24.2 mi off the Lake Valley Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Emory Pass Vista · 29 mi
82 named places within 25 miles
- Taylor Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Table Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Round Mountain: 7.0 mi
- Blue Mountain: 8.8 mi
- Cookes Peak: 10.8 mi
- Northside Park: 18.6 mi
- Gonzales Park: 19.0 mi
- Amistad Splash Pad: 19.1 mi
- Brown Park: 19.2 mi
- Elsie Vega Park: 19.6 mi
- Ramon Baca House Historic Site: 8.3 mi
- Trinidad Andazola House Historic Site: 8.4 mi
- Tom Eby Storage Building Historic Site: 11.5 mi
- Christ Light Community Church: 19.3 mi
- Seaman Field House Historic Site: 19.4 mi
- Play Sharity Childrens Museum: 19.3 mi
- Deming-Luna-Mimbres Museum: 19.4 mi
- Mimbres Culture Heritage Site Museum: 22.9 mi
- Santa Rita: 21.7 mi
- Gage: 22.1 mi
- Lake Valley: 24.6 mi
- Old Town Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 0.6 mi
- Mimbres River Tract Wildlife Area: 22.9 mi
- Butterfield Rest Area: 4.0 mi
- Gage Rest Area: 23.4 mi
- City of Rocks Desert Botanical Garden: 6.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mowry City. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cookes Peak | E 82° | 2,444 m | 10.8 mi |
| Thompson Cone | NNE 24° | 2,396 m | 23.6 mi |
| Pine Flat Mountain | NNE 28° | 2,385 m | 22.4 mi |
| Maverick Mountain | NNE 18° | 2,336 m | 22.3 mi |
| Kneeling Nun | NNW 337° | 2,328 m | 20.2 mi |
| Larkins Spring Mountain | NNE 31° | 2,270 m | 21.4 mi |
| Mimbres Peak | N 354° | 2,259 m | 13.2 mi |
| Whitehorse Mountain | N 354° | 2,259 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:51 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 19:47 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:37 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:33 | 17:11 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 45 | 51 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 76 | 74 | 69 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Faywood, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
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