Baxter Peak
Baxter Peak rises to 2,317 m in New Mexico. South Baldy stands 3,279 m to the south, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Tip Top Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Quebradas Back Country Byway passes 18 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49011166, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,317 m
How to reach it
- 17.6 mi off the Quebradas Back Country Byway
- 18.0 mi off the Socorro Historical District Scenic Byway
- 17.5 mi off the El Camino Real, National
Overlooks nearby
- Flight Deck · 28 mi
- Eagle Scout Deck · 28 mi
- Dabbler Deck · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tip Top Mountain: 1.1 mi
- North Peak: 1.1 mi
- Magdalena Peak: 2.0 mi
- Elephant Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Granite Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Hell Canyon Spring: 1.6 mi
- Upper Garcia Canyon Spring: 3.8 mi
- Garcia Canyon Spring: 3.8 mi
- Strozzi su Spring: 4.3 mi
- Cabin Spring: 4.9 mi
- EMRTC Rattlesnake: 16.7 mi
- Bell: 17.3 mi
- Passage of the Earth and the Sky: 17.3 mi
- "The Past", "The Present", and "The Future": 17.4 mi
- The Desert Maiden: 17.4 mi
- Official Scenic Historic Marker: 2.0 mi
- Magdalena Fault Historical Marker: 7.3 mi
- Billing Smelter Historic Site: 16.7 mi
- Alice Kase Memorial Bench: 17.1 mi
- Texas Volunteers Memorial: 17.4 mi
- Clemens Ranch House Historic Site: 1.1 mi
- Clemens Ranch House: 1.1 mi
- Hilton House: 2.0 mi
- Old Jail House: 2.3 mi
- Dobson House Historic Site: 2.3 mi
- Langmuir Research Site: 11.1 mi
- NMT Alumni Hill Park: 17.3 mi
- West Place Park: 17.9 mi
- Sedillo Park: 17.9 mi
- School of Mines Heritage Park: 18.1 mi
- Box Car Museum: 2.4 mi
- New Mexico Bureau of Geology Mineral Museum: 17.6 mi
- Hammel Museum: 18.4 mi
- López Rose Garden: 17.4 mi
- Dowdle Family Memorial Garden: 17.5 mi
- Brown Hall Rose Garden: 17.6 mi
- Hells Mesa: 14.8 mi
- Mesa Cencerro: 15.7 mi
- Riley: 19.5 mi
- Sandbar Riverine Park: 19.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Baxter Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Baldy | S 171° | 3,279 m | 7.6 mi |
| Timber Peak | SSE 161° | 3,181 m | 8.8 mi |
| Mount Withington | SW 227° | 3,077 m | 21.9 mi |
| Tower Peak | SW 224° | 3,026 m | 22.3 mi |
| North Baldy | SSE 155° | 3,003 m | 3.7 mi |
| A-L Peak | SW 228° | 2,940 m | 19.5 mi |
| Tip Top Mountain | ESE 103° | 2,773 m | 1.1 mi |
| Buck Peak | SSE 151° | 2,764 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 19:47 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:26 | 17:04 |
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 | 38 | 44 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Socorro, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1989993 — Baxter Peak, Socorro County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357621678
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