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Burn Peak

Burn Peak, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates36.39976, -105.09417

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves: 15
Historic sites: 14
Parks: 14
  • 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
Attractions: 7
  • 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
Museums: 4
  • 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
Artworks: 3
  • The Wonders of Discovery: 8.7 mi
  • Tipi: 12.0 mi
  • Eagle: 14.2 mi
Springs: 2
  • Crooked Creek Spring: 3.5 mi
  • Apache Spring: 14.9 mi
Cliffs: 2
Picnic sites: 2

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baldy MountainNNW 337°3,765 m17.2 mi
Touch-Me-Not MountainNNW 335°3,670 m13.8 mi
Mount PhillipsNW 326°3,553 m6.4 mi
Bunkhouse Bare PointNNW 327°3,550 m6.2 mi
Tolby PeakNW 324°3,513 m7.7 mi
Comanche PeakNNW 334°3,445.2 m6.1 mi
Green MountainNNW 333°3,403 m12.3 mi
Agua Fria PeakWSW 247°3,364 m6.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:12
June solstice05:4419:4420:22
September equinox06:4918:2518:59
December solstice07:0916:0916:49

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333542485766696761514033
Precip in0.70.61.01.51.71.73.03.11.81.20.60.4

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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