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Bunkhouse Bare Point

Bunkhouse Bare Point, seen from above at true elevation

Bunkhouse Bare Point rises to 3,550 m in New Mexico. Wheeler Peak stands 4,011 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Phillips, a peak 0.3 miles away. Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway passes 6.6 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
3550 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.47559, -105.15473

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 23
  • Cimarron Canyon State Park: 4.2 mi
  • Gravel Pit Lakes: 5.0 mi
  • Cimarron Canyon Wildlife Area: 5.4 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 8.1 mi
  • Enchanted Eagle Park: 8.2 mi
Attractions: 17
  • Homebound Ampitheater: 10.7 mi
  • Covered Wagon: 11.5 mi
  • Welcome Wagon: 11.6 mi
  • T-Rex Track: 13.1 mi
  • Cimarron Santa Fe National Historic Trail Interpretive Plaza: 13.4 mi
Museums: 10
  • Eagle Nest Visitor Center & Gateway Museum: 7.9 mi
  • Villa Philmonte: 11.5 mi
  • Old Aztec Mill Museum: 13.1 mi
  • Kit Carson Museum: 14.6 mi
  • Little Red School House: 20.9 mi
Artworks: 6
  • Eagle: 8.1 mi
  • The Wonders of Discovery: 11.2 mi
  • Tipi: 13.1 mi
  • Native Art: 23.6 mi
  • Padre Antonio Jose Martinez: 23.8 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Springs: 2
  • Crooked Creek Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Apache Spring: 10.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Waterfalls: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Bunkhouse Bare Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wheeler PeakWNW 291°4,011 m15.6 mi
Mount WalterWNW 292°3,996 m15.6 mi
Old Mike PeakWNW 289°3,989 m14.8 mi
Simpson PeakWNW 289°3,953 m15.3 mi
Red DomeWNW 291°3,868 m14.0 mi
Lew Wallace PeakWNW 286°3,779 m14.0 mi
Baldy MountainNNW 343°3,765 m11.1 mi
Taos ConeWNW 295°3,729 m13.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3919:13
June solstice05:4419:4420:23
September equinox06:4918:2518:59
December solstice07:1016:0916:49

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222634404957626054433223
Precip in0.60.91.31.51.31.12.92.81.61.30.90.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eagle Nest, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357589532

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