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Blue Hill

Blue Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Blue Hill rises to 2,086 m in New Mexico. Summit Peak stands 3,103 m to the southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Castle Garden Mesa, a peak 2.1 miles away. Billy the Kid Trail passes 20 miles off. 68 named places lie within 25 miles, 47 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q49014351, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2086 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.81507, -105.70776

68 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 47
Parks: 9
  • Valley of Fires State Park: 13.2 mi
  • Valle del Sol Park: 14.9 mi
  • Spencer Park: 15.0 mi
  • Carrizozo Arts Park: 15.3 mi
  • City Park: 15.4 mi
Museums: 5
  • White Oaks Schoolhouse Museum: 4.7 mi
  • White Oaks Miner's Home/Tool Shed Museum: 4.9 mi
  • Carrizozo Heritage Museum: 15.0 mi
  • Frozen Food Locker Museum: 15.0 mi
  • Smokey Bear Museum: 20.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Artworks: 1
Historic sites: 1

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Summit PeakSE 126°3,103 m24.6 mi
Nogal PeakSSW 194°2,966 m22.6 mi
Carrizo MountainS 188°2,932 m8.7 mi
Carrizo PeakS 188°2,932 m8.7 mi
Padilla PointSE 130°2,930 m22.0 mi
Argentina peakSSW 198°2,782 m24.9 mi
Church MountainS 190°2,662 m18.6 mi
Gaylord PeakSSW 192°2,648 m20.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4219:15
June solstice05:5319:4120:17
September equinox06:5218:2819:01
December solstice07:0516:2016:59

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374248566573757368574437
Precip in0.80.60.60.50.50.92.92.21.61.30.51.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carrizozo 1SW, 17 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 903940 — Blue Hill, Lincoln County, New Mexico.

OpenStreetMap element node/357592317

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