Black Mountain
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
- 28.9 mi off the Lake Valley Back Country Byway
59 named places within 25 miles
- Clabber Top Hill: 7.1 mi
- Red Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Snake Hills: 11.0 mi
- Antelope Hill: 12.6 mi
- Little Grandmother Mountain: 13.5 mi
- 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
- Christ Light Community Church: 8.6 mi
- Seaman Field House Historic Site: 8.7 mi
- Luna County Courthouse Historic Site: 8.9 mi
- Ramon Baca House Historic Site: 20.4 mi
- Trinidad Andazola House Historic Site: 20.4 mi
- Butterfield Rest Area: 12.5 mi
- Gage Rest Area: 15.8 mi
- Yucca Rest Area: 23.1 mi
- Play Sharity Childrens Museum: 8.4 mi
- Deming-Luna-Mimbres Museum: 8.7 mi
- Mowry City: 12.6 mi
- Gage: 13.8 mi
- Old Town Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 13.2 mi
- City of Rocks Desert Botanical Garden: 18.4 mi
- Little Needles Eye: 19.0 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cookes Peak | NNE 32° | 2,444 m | 16.7 mi |
| Florida Peak | SE 133° | 2,266 m | 21.0 mi |
| South Peak | SE 144° | 2,156 m | 23.8 mi |
| Gym Peak | SE 138° | 2,146 m | 24.6 mi |
| Baldy Peak | SE 138° | 2,121 m | 22.7 mi |
| Mule Springs Peak | NNE 26° | 1,935 m | 22.6 mi |
| Blue Mountain | N 355° | 1,919 m | 21.4 mi |
| Round Mountain | N 10° | 1,847 m | 17.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:51 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 19:46 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:37 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:34 | 17:11 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 48 | 54 | 61 | 69 | 78 | 81 | 79 | 74 | 63 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
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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