Buffalo Head
Buffalo Head rises to 2,095 m in New Mexico. Sierra Grande stands 2,655 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Folsom Museum, a museum 1.4 miles away. Santa Fe Trail passes 25 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49016416, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,095 m
How to reach it
- 25.2 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Umbrella Mesa: 2.7 mi
- Hoodoo Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Emery Peak: 3.6 mi
- Baby Capulin: 3.6 mi
- Klondike Mesa: 3.8 mi
- Folsom Museum: 1.4 mi
- The Old Branson Jail: 10.5 mi
- Fisher Park: 3.9 mi
- Folsom State Monument: 8.5 mi
- Prestons Point: 9.4 mi
- Black Bluff: 21.3 mi
- Folsom Museum Historic Site: 1.5 mi
- Sierra Grande Rest Area: 14.5 mi
- Trinchera Falls: 21.4 mi
- Yankee: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Buffalo Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Grande | SSE 168° | 2,655 m | 11.3 mi |
| Towndrow Peak | W 278° | 2,625 m | 19.0 mi |
| Dale Mountain | WNW 286° | 2,588 m | 15.6 mi |
| Red Mountain | WNW 283° | 2,569 m | 13.1 mi |
| Madrid Peak | WNW 290° | 2,498 m | 14.4 mi |
| Capulin Mountain | SSW 206° | 2,486 m | 6.3 mi |
| Jose Butte | WSW 243° | 2,471 m | 8.2 mi |
| Robinson Peak | WSW 239° | 2,452 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:40 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:03 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 41 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Capulin, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 898737 — Buffalo Head, Union County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357583951
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