Brushy Mountain
Brushy Mountain rises to 2,262 m in New Mexico. Sacaton Mountain stands 3,250 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Park Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Coronado Trail Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Catron County, New Mexico, United States (GNIS ID = 904118).
Wikidata Q49015868, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,262 m
How to reach it
- 23.1 mi off the Coronado Trail Scenic Byway, National
- 28.6 mi off the Black Hills Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Long Canyon Spring: 2.4 mi
- Pasture Spring: 3.5 mi
- Alum Spring: 3.7 mi
- Citizen Spring: 4.8 mi
- Ant Spring: 4.9 mi
- Park Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Table Top: 5.3 mi
- Smoothing Iron Mesa: 5.6 mi
- Black Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Racetrack Mesa: 5.9 mi
- Leopold Vista Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- Redstone Park: 14.5 mi
- Bearwallow Park: 17.4 mi
- Hell Hole Wilderness Study Area: 18.9 mi
- Dangerous Park: 22.3 mi
- OFFICIAL SCENIC HISTORIC MARKER: 4.5 mi
- Leopold Vista Historical Monument: 10.3 mi
- Graves: 16.0 mi
- Windy Point: 7.7 mi
- Tige Rim: 19.3 mi
- Turtle Rock: 21.1 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 3.3 mi
- Mogollon Museum: 10.1 mi
- Mogollon Theater Historic Site: 10.3 mi
- Frisco Camp Picnic Site: 14.2 mi
- Sardine Falls: 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Brushy Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacaton Mountain | E 99° | 3,250 m | 14.3 mi |
| Grouse Mountain | E 82° | 3,081 m | 12.7 mi |
| Windy Point | E 98° | 2,992 m | 13.1 mi |
| Holt Mountain | E 94° | 2,981 m | 9.0 mi |
| West Baldy | ESE 104° | 2,979 m | 13.2 mi |
| Spring Mountain | ENE 65° | 2,952 m | 12.6 mi |
| Nabours Mountain | ENE 77° | 2,802 m | 8.2 mi |
| Cooney Peak | NE 55° | 2,604 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 19:52 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:35 | 17:13 |
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 | 40 | 43 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 68 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glenwood, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 904118 — Brushy Mountain, Catron County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357592488
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