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Black Mountain

Black Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Black Mountain rises to 1,610 m in New Mexico. Cookes Peak stands 2,444 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Clabber Top Hill, a peak 7.1 miles away. Lake Valley Back Country Byway passes 29 miles off. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Luna County, New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q49013805, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1610 m

How to reach it

Coordinates32.33314, -107.88364

59 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 12
  • Northside Park: 8.0 mi
  • Amistad Splash Pad: 8.1 mi
  • Brown Park: 8.2 mi
  • Gonzales Park: 8.6 mi
  • Luna County Courthouse Park Historic Site: 8.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Butterfield Rest Area: 12.5 mi
  • Gage Rest Area: 15.8 mi
  • Yucca Rest Area: 23.1 mi
Museums: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Nature reserves: 1
  • Old Town Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 13.2 mi
Gardens: 1
  • City of Rocks Desert Botanical Garden: 18.4 mi
Cliffs: 1

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cookes PeakNNE 32°2,444 m16.7 mi
Florida PeakSE 133°2,266 m21.0 mi
South PeakSE 144°2,156 m23.8 mi
Gym PeakSE 138°2,146 m24.6 mi
Baldy PeakSE 138°2,121 m22.7 mi
Mule Springs PeakNNE 26°1,935 m22.6 mi
Blue MountainN 355°1,919 m21.4 mi
Round MountainN 10°1,847 m17.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:5119:23
June solstice06:0619:4620:22
September equinox07:0018:3719:10
December solstice07:1016:3417:11

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434854616978817974635143
Precip in0.60.50.30.30.20.41.91.50.90.80.70.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Deming, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 886436 — Black Mountain, Luna County, New Mexico.

OpenStreetMap element node/357570773

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