Capitan Peak
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Capitan Peak rises to 3,063 m in New Mexico. Summit Peak stands 3,103 m to the west, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Chimney Rock, a peak 1.6 miles away. Billy the Kid Trail passes 9.6 miles off. 36 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,063 m
How to reach it
- 9.6 mi off the Billy the Kid Trail, National
36 named places within 25 miles
- Chimney Rock: 1.6 mi
- Sunset Peak: 1.7 mi
- Boy Scout Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Ramerez: 4.1 mi
- Summit Peak: 5.7 mi
- UFO Alien Crash Communion Wall: 4.3 mi
- Lincoln County Courthouse Historic Site: 9.9 mi
- Historic Lincoln: 13.9 mi
- Hondo Iris Farm: 14.0 mi
- Fox Cave: 20.8 mi
- Lincoln State Monument Point of Interest: 9.5 mi
- Fort Stanton: 16.2 mi
- Smokey Bear Historical Park: 18.0 mi
- Smokey Bear Museum: 18.1 mi
- Billy the Kid Museum: 20.7 mi
- H22: 14.4 mi
- Roswell UFO Monument: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Capitan Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Peak | W 281° | 3,103 m | 5.7 mi |
| Padilla Point | W 279° | 2,930 m | 8.7 mi |
| Sunset Peak | E 101° | 2,817 m | 1.7 mi |
| Tucson Mountain | W 280° | 2,539 m | 21.6 mi |
| East Carrizo Cone | WNW 282° | 2,460 m | 20.5 mi |
| Lake Mountain | WNW 281° | 2,455 m | 22.4 mi |
| Read Mesa | W 279° | 2,347 m | 19.1 mi |
| Deadhorse Hill | SW 215° | 2,276 m | 23.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:40 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 19:38 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:26 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:19 | 16:58 |
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 | 42 | 45 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 76 | 74 | 68 | 59 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Picacho, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357592734
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