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Black Mountain

Black Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Black Mountain rises to 1,662 m in New Mexico. Whitewater Baldy stands 3,310 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is San Francisco Hot Springs, a spring 1.0 miles away. Coronado Trail Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off.

The story

mountain in New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q49013779, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1662 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.24256, -108.86451

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
Peaks
Parks: 9
Historic sites: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Cliffs: 2
Museums: 1
  • Mogollon Museum: 11.4 mi
Attractions: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Frisco Camp Picnic Site: 16.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Sardine Falls: 24.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whitewater BaldyENE 66°3,310 m14.0 mi
Willow MountainNE 55°3,283 m13.1 mi
Mogollon Baldy PeakE 83°3,269 m15.7 mi
Sacaton MountainENE 79°3,250 m10.4 mi
Black MountainENE 71°3,241 m11.8 mi
Center BaldyENE 72°3,210 m13.7 mi
Grouse MountainNE 55°3,081 m10.4 mi
Indian PeakENE 66°3,061 m11.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5519:27
June solstice06:0719:5220:29
September equinox07:0418:4119:14
December solstice07:1616:3517:13

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404348546271757368584740
Precip in1.41.30.90.40.70.63.02.82.01.31.11.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glenwood, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 903877 — Black Mountain, Catron County, New Mexico.

OpenStreetMap element node/357592258

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