Blue Hill
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. 66 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
- 2,086 m
How to reach it
- 20.1 mi off the Billy the Kid Trail, National
66 named places within 25 miles
- Castle Garden Mesa: 2.1 mi
- Monument Peak: 2.9 mi
- Ancho Peak: 3.6 mi
- Lone Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Patos Mountain: 5.5 mi
- 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
- 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
- White Oaks: 4.9 mi
- Ancho: 8.7 mi
- Robsart: 9.0 mi
- Ancho Railroad Depot Historic Site: 8.7 mi
- Roswell crash site (1947): 24.4 mi
- Donkey Statue: 15.3 mi
- Roswell UFO Monument: 24.4 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Peak | SE 126° | 3,103 m | 24.6 mi |
| Nogal Peak | SSW 194° | 2,966 m | 22.6 mi |
| Carrizo Mountain | S 188° | 2,932 m | 8.7 mi |
| Carrizo Peak | S 188° | 2,932 m | 8.7 mi |
| Padilla Point | SE 130° | 2,930 m | 22.0 mi |
| Argentina peak | SSW 198° | 2,782 m | 24.9 mi |
| Church Mountain | S 190° | 2,662 m | 18.6 mi |
| Gaylord Peak | SSW 192° | 2,648 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 19:41 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:20 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 42 | 48 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 75 | 73 | 68 | 57 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
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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