Big Brushy Mountain
Big Brushy Mountain rises to 2,252 m in New Mexico. Organ Needle stands 2,708 m to the south, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Goat Mountain, a peak 3.0 miles away. El Camino Real passes 24 miles off. 117 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49012316, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,252 m
How to reach it
- 23.7 mi off the El Camino Real, National
117 named places within 25 miles
- Organ Town Square: 12.8 mi
- Missile Park: 14.8 mi
- Volunteer Park: 15.3 mi
- Bicentennial Grove: 15.3 mi
- Vista de la Montana Park: 17.4 mi
- Goat Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Bennett Mountain: 3.5 mi
- San Andres Peak: 5.5 mi
- Bear Peak: 6.0 mi
- Black Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Topp Hut: 16.9 mi
- Pat Garret Murder Site: 19.8 mi
- Rock House: 20.1 mi
- George Russell Beasley House Remains: 21.1 mi
- Issac House: 21.2 mi
- Space Murals Museum: 13.4 mi
- V-2 Display Annex: 14.9 mi
- White Sands Missile Range Museum: 14.9 mi
- White Sands National Park: 23.3 mi
- New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum: 23.8 mi
- Mine House Spring: 16.9 mi
- Middle Spring: 17.4 mi
- Filmore Spring: 18.2 mi
- Dripping Springs: 19.3 mi
- La Cueva: 18.7 mi
- White Sands National Monument: 20.9 mi
- Lucero Wash petroglyphs: 21.4 mi
- Southern Comfort Wall: 16.5 mi
- The Tooth: 17.5 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Northbound: 23.6 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Southbound: 23.8 mi
- North Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- South Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
- Nike Missile: 12.2 mi
- Fillmore waterfall: 18.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Brushy Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organ Needle | S 188° | 2,708 m | 17.7 mi |
| Organ Peak | S 185° | 2,668 m | 18.6 mi |
| The Needles | S 191° | 2,565 m | 17.1 mi |
| Baldy Peak | S 187° | 2,564 m | 19.3 mi |
| Granite Peak | S 180° | 2,554 m | 18.4 mi |
| San Andres Peak | N 349° | 2,459 m | 5.5 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | S 185° | 2,443 m | 17.5 mi |
| Rabbit Ears | SSW 192° | 2,440 m | 16.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:46 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 19:41 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:32 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:28 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 44 | 51 | 58 | 67 | 77 | 80 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jornada EXP Range, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 900828 — Big Brushy Mountain, Doña Ana County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357587792
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