Black Mountain (West)
Black Mountain (West) rises to 1,808 m in New Mexico. South Baldy stands 3,279 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Mountain (South), a peak 0.6 miles away. El Camino Real passes 5.5 miles off. 148 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States of America; geonames ID = 5457814.
Wikidata Q49013815, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,808 m
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 5.9 mi off the Socorro Historical District Scenic Byway
- 7.7 mi off the Quebradas Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Flight Deck · 16 mi
- Eagle Scout Deck · 17 mi
- Dabbler Deck · 17 mi
148 named places within 25 miles
- Black Mountain (South): 0.6 mi
- Gramont Peak: 2.3 mi
- Mangan: 3.2 mi
- Socorro Peak (West): 3.9 mi
- Socorro Peak (East): 4.0 mi
- Chupadera Spring: 2.3 mi
- Sedillo Spring: 3.2 mi
- Socorro Spring: 3.3 mi
- Cook Spring: 3.6 mi
- Box Spring: 6.1 mi
- Billing Smelter Historic Site: 4.5 mi
- Texas Volunteers Memorial: 5.5 mi
- Alice Kase Memorial Bench: 5.6 mi
- Linda Weiss Memorial: 5.8 mi
- NM School of Mines World War II Memorial: 5.9 mi
- EMRTC Rattlesnake: 5.6 mi
- Passage of the Earth and the Sky: 5.7 mi
- The Desert Maiden: 5.8 mi
- "The Past", "The Present", and "The Future": 5.8 mi
- Sunflowers on Adobe Wall: 5.9 mi
- Mancy Mine: 3.0 mi
- Socorro Peak "M": 4.0 mi
- Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Depot: 6.7 mi
- Clemens Ranch House Historic Site: 13.0 mi
- Clemens Ranch House: 13.0 mi
- NMT Alumni Hill Park: 5.5 mi
- Socorro Gun Range: 5.8 mi
- West Place Park: 5.9 mi
- School of Mines Heritage Park: 6.1 mi
- Sedillo Park: 6.4 mi
- López Rose Garden: 5.8 mi
- Dowdle Family Memorial Garden: 5.8 mi
- Brown Hall Rose Garden: 5.9 mi
- New Mexico Bureau of Geology Mineral Museum: 6.0 mi
- Hammel Museum: 6.5 mi
- Box Car Museum: 15.9 mi
- Sandbar Riverine Park: 8.1 mi
- Mesa del Contadero: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Black Mountain (West). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Baldy | W 260° | 3,279 m | 11.4 mi |
| Timber Peak | WSW 253° | 3,181 m | 10.1 mi |
| North Baldy | W 281° | 3,003 m | 11.0 mi |
| Tip Top Mountain | WNW 294° | 2,773 m | 12.5 mi |
| Buck Peak | WSW 252° | 2,764 m | 8.4 mi |
| North Peak | WNW 295° | 2,763 m | 12.5 mi |
| Italian Peak | SW 235° | 2,752 m | 11.2 mi |
| Molino Peak | SW 235° | 2,701 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:47 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 19:46 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:25 | 17:03 |
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 | 38 | 44 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Socorro, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 886432 — Black Mountain, Socorro County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357570760
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