Burn Peak
Burn Peak rises to 3,027 m in New Mexico. Baldy Mountain stands 3,765 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Lookout Peak, a peak 0.9 miles away. Santa Fe Trail passes 8.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in New Mexico, United States of America
Wikidata Q49016882, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3027 m
How to reach it
- 8.0 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
- 10.7 mi off the Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway
- 27.7 mi off the High Road to Taos
- 61.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Base Camp View · 8 mi
- Base Camp View · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lookout Peak: 0.9 mi
- Trail Peak: 1.6 mi
- Crater Peak: 2.2 mi
- Fowler Pass: 2.4 mi
- Rayado Peak: 2.5 mi
- Cimarron Canyon State Park: 10.3 mi
- Eagle Nest Wildlife Management Area: 11.8 mi
- Eagle Nest Lake State Park: 12.3 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 21.1 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 21.3 mi
- Old Cartwright Mill Site: 4.7 mi
- Philmont Scout Ranch Gateway Sign: 8.5 mi
- María de la Luz Beaubien Maxwell Historic Marker: 9.4 mi
- Palisades Sill: 10.0 mi
- Cimarron Canyon: 10.2 mi
- Cimarron Canyon State Park: 10.0 mi
- Gravel Pit Lakes: 10.4 mi
- Olympic Park: 10.8 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 11.4 mi
- Cimarron Canyon Wildlife Area: 11.5 mi
- Homebound Ampitheater: 8.0 mi
- Leadership School Campfire: 8.7 mi
- Covered Wagon: 9.0 mi
- Welcome Wagon: 9.1 mi
- Rayado: 9.4 mi
- Villa Philmonte: 9.0 mi
- Kit Carson Museum: 9.4 mi
- Old Aztec Mill Museum: 12.0 mi
- Eagle Nest Visitor Center & Gateway Museum: 14.0 mi
- The Wonders of Discovery: 8.7 mi
- Tipi: 12.0 mi
- Eagle: 14.2 mi
- Crooked Creek Spring: 3.5 mi
- Apache Spring: 14.9 mi
- Betty's Bra: 3.9 mi
- Palisades: 10.2 mi
- Palisades Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- La Vinateria: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Burn Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldy Mountain | NNW 337° | 3,765 m | 17.2 mi |
| Touch-Me-Not Mountain | NNW 335° | 3,670 m | 13.8 mi |
| Mount Phillips | NW 326° | 3,553 m | 6.4 mi |
| Bunkhouse Bare Point | NNW 327° | 3,550 m | 6.2 mi |
| Tolby Peak | NW 324° | 3,513 m | 7.7 mi |
| Comanche Peak | NNW 334° | 3,445.2 m | 6.1 mi |
| Green Mountain | NNW 333° | 3,403 m | 12.3 mi |
| Agua Fria Peak | WSW 247° | 3,364 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:44 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:09 | 16:49 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 69 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 40 | 33 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cimarron 4 SW, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 886932 — Burn Peak, Colfax County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357571251
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