Burro Hill
Burro Hill rises to 1,503 m in New Mexico. Mesa Azur stands 2,002 m to the west-southwest, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Sierro Kemado, a peak 1.3 miles away. El Camino Real passes 5.3 miles off. 112 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49017062, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,503 m
How to reach it
- 5.3 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 21.4 mi off the Lake Valley Back Country Byway
112 named places within 25 miles
- Rincon Community Park: 10.0 mi
- Fort Selden State Monument: 10.3 mi
- The Cathedral: 18.8 mi
- North Las Cruces Park: 21.3 mi
- Camelot Gardens Mini Park: 22.1 mi
- Sierro Kemado: 1.3 mi
- Cerro Quemado: 1.3 mi
- Twin Hills: 2.5 mi
- Bell Top Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Tailholt Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Village of Hatch Museum: 10.1 mi
- Las Cruces Railroad Museum: 23.3 mi
- Branigan Cultural Center: 23.4 mi
- Art Museum: 23.4 mi
- Museum of Nature & Science: 23.4 mi
- Teako's Giants of Hatch: 10.1 mi
- Lucero Wash petroglyphs: 12.8 mi
- Sandia Gulch End: 16.7 mi
- Sandia Gulch Begin: 17.4 mi
- World's Largest Chili Pepper: 22.3 mi
- Mormon Battalion Historical Marker: 10.0 mi
- Hatch Historical Marker: 10.1 mi
- Battan Memorial Statue: 23.9 mi
- Pat Garret Murder Site: 24.4 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Southbound: 9.7 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Northbound: 9.9 mi
- Rest Area I-10 (West Bound): 22.9 mi
- North Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- South Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Santa Barbara: 10.1 mi
- Nutt: 21.2 mi
- Rincon Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 10.8 mi
- Uvas Valley Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 19.2 mi
- Derry Warm Spring: 21.4 mi
- Libby Spring: 24.6 mi
- Recycled Roadrunner Sculpture: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Burro Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesa Azur | WSW 242° | 2,002 m | 5.0 mi |
| Magdalena Peak | WSW 240° | 1,984 m | 5.3 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | WSW 250° | 1,954 m | 5.9 mi |
| Red House Mountain | N 350° | 1,873 m | 18.1 mi |
| Tailholt Mountain | WSW 247° | 1,838 m | 3.0 mi |
| Piña Peak | WNW 291° | 1,802 m | 3.7 mi |
| Robledo Mountain | ESE 123° | 1,788 m | 11.9 mi |
| Nutt Mountain | WNW 287° | 1,781 m | 21.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 19:43 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:34 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 16:30 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 44 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 77 | 80 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LAS Cruces 20 N, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 886959 — Burro Hill, Doña Ana County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357571275
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