Caprock Mountain
Caprock Mountain rises to 1,426 m in New Mexico. Hornbrook Mountain stands 2,136 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Hill, a peak 1.8 miles away.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49018056, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,426 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Hill: 1.8 mi
- Rimrock: 3.7 mi
- Lone Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Canador Peak: 5.6 mi
- Black Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Nichols Spring: 1.8 mi
- Mexican Springs: 7.3 mi
- Riley Spring: 9.7 mi
- Smith Spring: 11.1 mi
- Park Spring: 14.2 mi
- Old Virden School: 11.1 mi
- Shakespeare Historical Marker: 20.5 mi
- Gila Middle Box Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 12.9 mi
- Bill Evans Wildlife Management Area: 22.8 mi
- Greenlee County Fairgrounds: 17.9 mi
- Hidalgo County Courthouse Historic Site: 19.6 mi
- Short Park: 19.3 mi
- Lordsburg Hidalgo County Museum: 19.8 mi
- Shakespeare: 20.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Caprock Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hornbrook Mountain | ESE 119° | 2,136 m | 21.3 mi |
| Bullard Peak | ENE 69° | 2,130 m | 18.2 mi |
| Apache Mountain | SE 126° | 2,114 m | 18.9 mi |
| High Peak | NNE 17° | 2,086 m | 17.6 mi |
| Nolen Peak | NNE 19° | 2,056 m | 17.0 mi |
| Vanderbilt Peak | NNW 329° | 2,056 m | 19.2 mi |
| Crookson Peak | NNW 338° | 2,055 m | 21.1 mi |
| Knight Peak | ESE 107° | 1,993 m | 18.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:20 | 17:55 | 18:27 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 18:51 | 19:27 |
| September equinox | 06:04 | 17:41 | 18:13 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:37 | 17:14 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 52 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Redrock 1 NNE, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 899559 — Caprock Mountain, Grant County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357585786
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