Alegres Mountain
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. 53 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 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
- 3,102 m
How to reach it
53 named places within 25 miles
- Little Alegres Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Cox Peak: 7.9 mi
- Wallace Mesa: 8.0 mi
- Wagontongue Mountain: 9.6 mi
- Mangas Mountain: 9.7 mi
- 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
- Greens Gap: 5.1 mi
- Mangas: 7.3 mi
- Mangas Schoolhouse: 7.7 mi
- Dead Horse Mesa: 18.5 mi
- The Lightning Field: 24.8 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Escondido Mountain | W 280° | 3,000 m | 15.8 mi |
| Mangas Mountain | SW 222° | 2,925 m | 9.7 mi |
| Madre Mountain | ENE 60° | 2,870 m | 19.9 mi |
| Davenport Lookout | ENE 61° | 2,851 m | 18.2 mi |
| Horse Mountain | SSE 163° | 2,850 m | 12.9 mi |
| Horse Peak | SSE 163° | 2,826 m | 12.8 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | ESE 102° | 2,787 m | 12.4 mi |
| Little Alegres Mountain | SSW 211° | 2,776 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:52 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 19:51 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:29 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 34 | 40 | 46 | 54 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 60 | 50 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Quemado, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357586859
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