Boy Scout Mountain
Boy Scout Mountain rises to 2,039 m in New Mexico. Summit Peak stands 3,103 m to the west, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Chimney Rock, a peak 0.9 miles away. Billy the Kid Trail passes 12 miles off. 37 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States of America
Wikidata Q49015188, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2039 m
How to reach it
- 12.2 mi off the Billy the Kid Trail, National
37 named places within 25 miles
- Chimney Rock: 0.9 mi
- Sunset Peak: 2.4 mi
- Capitan Peak: 2.5 mi
- Ramerez: 2.7 mi
- Summit Peak: 7.1 mi
- UFO Alien Crash Communion Wall: 2.7 mi
- Lincoln County Courthouse Historic Site: 12.4 mi
- Historic Lincoln: 16.1 mi
- Hondo Iris Farm: 16.3 mi
- Roswell crash site (1947): 23.1 mi
- Lincoln State Monument Point of Interest: 12.0 mi
- Fort Stanton: 18.4 mi
- Smokey Bear Historical Park: 19.9 mi
- Smokey Bear Museum: 19.9 mi
- Billy the Kid Museum: 23.2 mi
- H22: 16.5 mi
- Roswell UFO Monument: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Boy Scout Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Peak | W 261° | 3,103 m | 7.1 mi |
| Capitan Peak | SW 214° | 3,063 m | 2.5 mi |
| Padilla Point | W 266° | 2,930 m | 10.0 mi |
| Sunset Peak | S 174° | 2,817 m | 2.4 mi |
| Tucson Mountain | W 274° | 2,539 m | 22.8 mi |
| East Carrizo Cone | W 275° | 2,460 m | 21.6 mi |
| Lake Mountain | W 276° | 2,455 m | 23.5 mi |
| Goat Mountain | W 278° | 2,455 m | 24.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:40 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 19:38 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:26 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:19 | 16:57 |
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 | 42 | 45 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 76 | 74 | 68 | 59 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Picacho, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 904048 — Boy Scout Mountain, Lincoln County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357592420
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