Black Point
Black Point rises to 1,965 m in New Mexico. Animas Mountains High Point stands 2,611 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Cloverdale, a ghost town 2.6 miles away. 54 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States of America
Wikidata Q49013943, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1965 m
How to reach it
54 named places within 25 miles
- Kilmer Peak: 3.6 mi
- Guadalupe Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Bunk Robinson Peak: 6.6 mi
- Red Hill: 8.6 mi
- Outlaw Mountain: 9.0 mi
- Indian Spring: 4.6 mi
- Maverick Spring: 4.6 mi
- Guadalupe Spring: 5.8 mi
- Bunk Robinson Spring: 5.9 mi
- Little Bunk Robinson Spring: 6.9 mi
- Bureau of Land Management: 12.1 mi
- BLM: 23.0 mi
- BLM: 23.7 mi
- Cloverdale: 2.6 mi
- Apache: 20.0 mi
- Gray School: 8.8 mi
- Geronimo Surrender Monument: 20.2 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 12.0 mi
- Geronimo Surrender Monument: 12.6 mi
- John Slaughter Ranch Office: 21.8 mi
- John Slaughter Ranch Home: 21.9 mi
- Cowboy Rim: 19.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Black Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animas Mountains High Point | NE 47° | 2,611 m | 11.8 mi |
| Animas Peak | NE 46° | 2,600 m | 12.5 mi |
| Gillespie Mountain | NE 46° | 2,218 m | 20.8 mi |
| 7K Peak | ENE 72° | 2,052 m | 18.9 mi |
| Center Peak | ENE 66° | 2,045 m | 16.0 mi |
| Anderson Mountain | NE 40° | 2,028 m | 23.3 mi |
| Owl Peak | N 355° | 2,023 m | 19.6 mi |
| Rough Mountain | NE 37° | 2,014 m | 24.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:56 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 19:49 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:42 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:41 | 17:18 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 47 | 52 | 59 | 67 | 77 | 78 | 76 | 71 | 61 | 51 | 42 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Antelope Wells, 25 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357570787
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