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Big Mesa

Big Mesa, seen from above at true elevation

Big Mesa rises to 1,959 m in New Mexico. Salinas Peak stands 2,715 m to the northeast, 3.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Peak, a peak 1.8 miles away. 32 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q49012606, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1959 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.26424, -106.56723

32 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 31

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Salinas PeakNE 41°2,715 m3.1 mi
Silver Top MountainNE 35°2,422 m5.4 mi
Middle PeakN 1°2,322 m1.8 mi
Skillet KnobWSW 241°2,305 m4.9 mi
Grandaddy PeakWSW 250°2,286 m9.8 mi
Ladybug PeakNW 324°2,273 m2.3 mi
Big Gyp MountainW 266°2,271 m10.2 mi
White Mine PeakNNW 327°2,270 m2.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4619:18
June solstice05:5819:4320:19
September equinox06:5518:3219:04
December solstice07:0716:2617:04

Local time (America/Denver).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357586930

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