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Baxter Mountain

Baxter Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Baxter Mountain rises to 2,207 m in New Mexico. Lookout Mountain stands 3,518 m to the south, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is White Oaks Miner's Home/Tool Shed Museum, a museum 1.2 miles away. Billy the Kid Trail passes 17 miles off. 83 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q49011162, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2207 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.74725, -105.75985

83 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 60
Parks: 13
  • Valley of Fires State Park: 9.1 mi
  • Valle del Sol Park: 9.4 mi
  • Spencer Park: 9.6 mi
  • Carrizozo Arts Park: 9.8 mi
  • City Park: 9.9 mi
Museums: 5
  • White Oaks Miner's Home/Tool Shed Museum: 1.2 mi
  • White Oaks Schoolhouse Museum: 1.3 mi
  • Carrizozo Heritage Museum: 9.5 mi
  • Frozen Food Locker Museum: 9.5 mi
  • Smokey Bear Museum: 17.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Artworks: 1
Attractions: 1

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lookout MountainS 187°3,518 m24.8 mi
Buck MountainS 183°3,276 m23.7 mi
White Horse HillS 191°3,111 m22.5 mi
Summit PeakESE 113°3,103 m24.9 mi
Nogal PeakS 188°2,966 m17.4 mi
Monjeau PeakS 176°2,942 m21.9 mi
Carrizo MountainSSE 155°2,932 m4.3 mi
Carrizo PeakSSE 155°2,932 m4.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4219:15
June solstice05:5419:4120:18
September equinox06:5218:2819:01
December solstice07:0516:2116:59

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374248566573757368574437
Precip in0.80.60.60.50.50.92.92.21.61.30.51.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carrizozo 1SW, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357606277

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