Silver City Historical Marker
Silver City Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,809 m. Black Peak stands 2,745 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Stine-Fleming House Historic Site, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1809 m
How to reach it
- On the Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway, National
- 20.2 mi off the Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Austin Roberts Vista · 19 mi
- Ruins Vista Picnic Area · 19 mi
- Senator Clinton P. Anderson Overlook · 24 mi
- Senator Clinton P. Anderson Wilderness Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Boston Hill: 1.3 mi
- Round Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Gomez Peak: 4.9 mi
- McComas Peak: 5.1 mi
- Eighty Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Ash Spring: 8.2 mi
- Barrel Spring: 8.4 mi
- Cave Spring: 8.6 mi
- Allen Spring: 9.2 mi
- Bear Creek Spring: 9.4 mi
- Greg Goyo Park: 0.2 mi
- Gough Park: 0.4 mi
- Penny Park: 0.5 mi
- Virginia Street Park: 0.8 mi
- Boston Hill Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Silver CIty Museum: 0.1 mi
- Billy the Kid Cabin: 0.2 mi
- Western New Mexico University Museum: 0.4 mi
- Pinos Altos Historical Museum: 7.3 mi
- Mimbres Culture Heritage Site Museum: 18.9 mi
- King Bolt Pit: 0.7 mi
- Adonis Pit: 1.0 mi
- North Pit: 1.0 mi
- Raven Pitt: 1.0 mi
- Comanche Pit: 1.3 mi
- Bear Canyon Lake Wildlife Management Area: 18.1 mi
- Bill Evans Wildlife Management Area: 18.5 mi
- Mimbres River Tract Wildlife Area: 19.1 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 22.0 mi
- Gila Middle Box Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 22.3 mi
- Penny Park Mosaics: 0.5 mi
- W: 4.2 mi
- C: 7.9 mi
- Gomez Peak Picnic Ground: 5.3 mi
- Little Walnut Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Lake Roberts Picnic Area: 19.4 mi
- Silva Creek Botanical Garden: 0.8 mi
- City of Rocks Desert Botanical Garden: 21.7 mi
- Tyrone: 9.4 mi
- Santa Rita: 12.8 mi
- Ben Lilly Memorial: 8.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Silver City Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Peak | NE 35° | 2,745 m | 11.6 mi |
| Signal Peak | NNE 28° | 2,737 m | 12.0 mi |
| Twin Sisters | NE 34° | 2,524 m | 10.1 mi |
| Scott Peak | NNE 18° | 2,521 m | 12.5 mi |
| Twin Sisters | NE 34° | 2,495 m | 9.7 mi |
| Pinos Altos Mountain | NNE 19° | 2,473 m | 6.6 mi |
| Burro Peak | SW 216° | 2,445 m | 15.4 mi |
| Bear Mountain | NW 313° | 2,444 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:53 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 19:49 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:39 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:34 | 17:12 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 46 | 52 | 58 | 65 | 75 | 76 | 75 | 71 | 61 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Bayard, 8 mi away.
- purple-nerve cymopterus70 obs
- Pinkflower Hedgehog Cactus54 obs
- tree cholla51 obs
- silverleaf nightshade46 obs
- Ornate Tree Lizard41 obs
- Woolly Locoweed40 obs
- House Finch38 obs
- Common Black Hawk37 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357612144
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