Bell Top Mountain
Bell Top Mountain rises to 1,722 m in New Mexico. Mesa Azur stands 2,002 m to the west, 2.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Tailholt Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. El Camino Real passes 7.8 miles off. 111 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49011953, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,722 m
How to reach it
- 7.8 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 20.1 mi off the Lake Valley Back Country Byway
111 named places within 25 miles
- Fort Selden State Monument: 11.6 mi
- Rincon Community Park: 12.6 mi
- The Cathedral: 20.1 mi
- North Las Cruces Park: 21.7 mi
- Camelot Gardens Mini Park: 22.1 mi
- Tailholt Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Mesa Azur: 2.7 mi
- Magdalena Peak: 2.9 mi
- Burro Hill: 2.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Peak: 3.8 mi
- Village of Hatch Museum: 11.8 mi
- Las Cruces Railroad Museum: 23.3 mi
- Branigan Cultural Center: 23.5 mi
- Art Museum: 23.5 mi
- Museum of Nature & Science: 23.5 mi
- Teako's Giants of Hatch: 11.9 mi
- Lucero Wash petroglyphs: 14.5 mi
- Sandia Gulch End: 16.6 mi
- Sandia Gulch Begin: 17.3 mi
- World's Largest Chili Pepper: 22.2 mi
- Hatch Historical Marker: 11.9 mi
- Mormon Battalion Historical Marker: 12.6 mi
- Battan Memorial Statue: 24.2 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Southbound: 12.0 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Northbound: 12.2 mi
- Rest Area I-10 (West Bound): 20.0 mi
- South Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
- North Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- Santa Barbara: 11.8 mi
- Nutt: 20.0 mi
- Rincon Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 13.4 mi
- Uvas Valley Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 16.8 mi
- Recycled Roadrunner Sculpture: 20.9 mi
- Derry Warm Spring: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bell Top Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesa Azur | W 268° | 2,002 m | 2.7 mi |
| Magdalena Peak | W 263° | 1,984 m | 2.9 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | W 275° | 1,954 m | 3.8 mi |
| Red House Mountain | N 356° | 1,873 m | 20.1 mi |
| Tailholt Mountain | NW 318° | 1,838 m | 1.5 mi |
| Piña Peak | NNW 335° | 1,802 m | 4.0 mi |
| Robledo Mountain | ESE 110° | 1,788 m | 12.5 mi |
| Nutt Mountain | WNW 294° | 1,781 m | 21.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 19:43 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:34 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 16:30 | 17:08 |
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 | 40 | 44 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 77 | 80 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LAS Cruces 20 N, 23 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 886192 — Bell Top Mountain, Doña Ana County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357570453
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