Black Mountain
Black Mountain rises to 2,133 m in New Mexico. Organ Needle stands 2,708 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Peak, a peak 3.2 miles away. El Camino Real passes 22 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States of America; geonames ID = 5457803
Wikidata Q49013794, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2133 m
How to reach it
- 22.2 mi off the El Camino Real, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Site of San Agustin Springs Historical Marker: 6.8 mi
- Missile Park: 8.4 mi
- Organ Town Square: 8.8 mi
- Volunteer Park: 9.0 mi
- Bicentennial Grove: 9.0 mi
- Bear Peak: 3.2 mi
- Goat Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Bennett Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Mineral Hill: 4.2 mi
- Quartzite Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Topp Hut: 12.1 mi
- Rock House: 14.6 mi
- George Russell Beasley House Remains: 15.2 mi
- Issac House: 15.3 mi
- George Beasley's Goat Pen: 15.6 mi
- V-2 Display Annex: 8.5 mi
- White Sands Missile Range Museum: 8.5 mi
- Space Murals Museum: 9.5 mi
- New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum: 20.0 mi
- Branigan Cultural Center: 21.9 mi
- Nike Missile: 7.3 mi
- NMSU: 21.7 mi
- The Traders: 22.0 mi
- Class of 1931 Commemorative: 22.1 mi
- The Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 22.2 mi
- La Cueva: 13.6 mi
- Lucero Wash petroglyphs: 22.5 mi
- Pat Garrett's Grave: 22.7 mi
- World's Largest Chili Pepper: 23.2 mi
- White Sands National Monument: 24.6 mi
- Mine House Spring: 12.1 mi
- Middle Spring: 12.3 mi
- Filmore Spring: 12.8 mi
- Dripping Springs: 13.7 mi
- Southern Comfort Wall: 11.5 mi
- The Tooth: 12.1 mi
- Fillmore waterfall: 13.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organ Needle | SSW 202° | 2,708 m | 12.1 mi |
| Organ Peak | SSW 197° | 2,668 m | 12.9 mi |
| The Needles | SSW 206° | 2,565 m | 11.8 mi |
| Baldy Peak | SSW 199° | 2,564 m | 13.6 mi |
| Granite Peak | S 190° | 2,554 m | 12.3 mi |
| San Andres Peak | NNW 345° | 2,459 m | 12.0 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | SSW 198° | 2,443 m | 11.7 mi |
| Rabbit Ears | SSW 210° | 2,440 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 19:41 | 20:17 |
| 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–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 44 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 77 | 80 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LAS Cruces 20 N, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 899537 — Black Mountain, Doña Ana County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357585746
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