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Alegres Mountain

Alegres Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Alegres Mountain rises to 3,102 m in New Mexico. Escondido Mountain stands 3,000 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Alegres Mountain, a peak 3.4 miles away. 55 named places lie within 25 miles, 44 of them named summits.

The story

Alegres Mountain is located on the Colorado Plateau in Catron County, New Mexico. Alegres Mountain is found in the Mangas Mountains and is the 180th highest peak in New Mexico and ranked 30th by prominence. Alegres Mountain is 10 miles (17 km) south-west of Pie Town, New Mexico and can be accessed via Dipping Vat Road (also referred to as Pipeline Springs Road).

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Wikidata Q49008598, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3102 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.15561, -108.19228

55 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 5
  • San Jose Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Vale Tio Vinces Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Maverick Spring: 24.0 mi
  • Tularosa Spring: 24.9 mi
  • Damian Spring: 25.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • Mangas Schoolhouse: 7.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
  • Dead Horse Mesa: 18.5 mi
Artworks: 1

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Escondido MountainW 280°3,000 m15.8 mi
Mangas MountainSW 222°2,925 m9.7 mi
Madre MountainENE 60°2,870 m19.9 mi
Davenport LookoutENE 61°2,851 m18.2 mi
Horse MountainSSE 163°2,850 m12.9 mi
Horse PeakSSE 163°2,826 m12.8 mi
Sugarloaf MountainESE 102°2,787 m12.4 mi
Little Alegres MountainSSW 211°2,776 m3.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:5219:25
June solstice06:0219:5120:28
September equinox07:0218:3819:11
December solstice07:1616:2917:08

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303440465463686660503931
Precip in0.50.60.60.40.10.61.92.91.90.90.50.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Quemado, 22 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357586859

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