Bay Buck Peaks
Bay Buck Peaks rises to 2,614 m in New Mexico. West Blue Mountain stands 3,145 m to the south-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Alexander Mountain, a peak 4.5 miles away. Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off.
The story
mountain in New Mexico, United States of America
Wikidata Q49011168, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2614 m
How to reach it
- 23.7 mi off the Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway, National
- 24.5 mi off the El Camino Real, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Alexander Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Tower Peak: 6.0 mi
- Welty Hill: 6.6 mi
- Mount Withington: 6.7 mi
- Sim Yaten Hills: 7.2 mi
- Indian Spring: 4.7 mi
- Tool Box Spring: 5.5 mi
- Leke Spring: 6.9 mi
- Water Spring: 7.6 mi
- Pothole Spring: 7.6 mi
- Shiva:Shiwana: 20.2 mi
- Very Large Array: 20.4 mi
- Garcia Falls: 21.2 mi
- Langmuir Research Site: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Bay Buck Peaks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Blue Mountain | SSE 150° | 3,145 m | 10.1 mi |
| Blue Mountain | SSE 149° | 3,135 m | 10.7 mi |
| Vicks Peak | SSE 161° | 3,126 m | 17.5 mi |
| San Mateo Mountain | SSE 163° | 3,089 m | 16.7 mi |
| San Mateo Peak | SSE 155° | 3,082 m | 13.8 mi |
| Mount Withington | NNE 24° | 3,077 m | 6.7 mi |
| Apache Kid Peak | SSE 147° | 3,065 m | 12.4 mi |
| Teepee Peak | SE 145° | 3,029 m | 10.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:49 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 19:48 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:35 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:28 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 35 | 41 | 47 | 56 | 66 | 69 | 67 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Augustine 2E, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 903613 — Bay Buck Peaks, Socorro County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357592033
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