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Black Top Mountain

Black Top Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Black Top Mountain rises to 2,147 m in New Mexico. Salinas Peak stands 2,715 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Strawberry Peak, a peak 2.2 miles away. 32 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q49014039, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2147 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.06425, -106.62251

32 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 30
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Salinas PeakNNE 18°2,715 m17.0 mi
Silver Top MountainNNE 19°2,422 m19.3 mi
Middle PeakNNE 12°2,322 m15.9 mi
Skillet KnobN 355°2,305 m11.5 mi
Grandaddy PeakNNW 330°2,286 m12.0 mi
Ladybug PeakN 7°2,273 m15.8 mi
Big Gyp MountainNNW 332°2,271 m14.9 mi
White Mine PeakN 6°2,270 m16.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4619:18
June solstice05:5919:4320:19
September equinox06:5518:3219:05
December solstice07:0616:2717:04

Local time (America/Denver).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 899541 — Black Top Mountain, Sierra County, New Mexico.

OpenStreetMap element node/357585755

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