Carnero Peak
Carnero Peak rises to 1,240 m in New Mexico. Dinner Hill stands 1,952 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is McGruder Hill, a peak 4.6 miles away. Guadalupe Back Country Byway passes 8.8 miles off. 84 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49018172, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,240 m
How to reach it
- 8.8 mi off the Guadalupe Back Country Byway
84 named places within 25 miles
- Carlsbad Youth Sports Complex: 8.9 mi
- Will Merchant Park: 9.1 mi
- South 8th Street Neighborhood Park: 9.3 mi
- Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park: 9.6 mi
- Living Desert Zoo & Gardens: 9.7 mi
- McGruder Hill: 4.6 mi
- Azotea Peak: 5.1 mi
- McKittrick Hill: 5.3 mi
- Nagooltee Peak: 6.1 mi
- Round Mts (Three Twins): 6.4 mi
- McGruder Spring: 5.2 mi
- Lassiter Spring: 6.2 mi
- Jurnigan Spring: 8.7 mi
- Butcher Spring: 22.3 mi
- La Cueva Non-Motorized Trail System: 6.5 mi
- Blue Spring Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 12.5 mi
- Parks Ranch Caves: 16.1 mi
- Chosa Draw Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 16.4 mi
- M-42 Duster: 11.0 mi
- Time Capsule: 11.4 mi
- Alejandro R Ruiz Memorial: 11.5 mi
- Flying Paper Boy of the Guadalupes: 22.3 mi
- Wildcat Bluff: 11.2 mi
- Telltale Bluffs: 13.1 mi
- Culebra Bluff: 19.6 mi
- The Reader: 10.8 mi
- The Artist Gallery Carlsbad NM: 10.9 mi
- Queen: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Carnero Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dinner Hill | SW 228° | 1,952 m | 20.7 mi |
| Ares Peak | WSW 258° | 1,757 m | 24.3 mi |
| Thayer Hill | SW 234° | 1,687 m | 17.6 mi |
| The Pinnacle | SW 233° | 1,668 m | 17.5 mi |
| Burro Hill | WNW 292° | 1,437 m | 21.3 mi |
| Lookout Point | WNW 283° | 1,421 m | 9.7 mi |
| Bandanna Point | W 266° | 1,406 m | 9.9 mi |
| Azotea Mesa | W 266° | 1,406 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 19:32 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:23 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:20 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 48 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 81 | 82 | 81 | 74 | 63 | 51 | 44 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cavern City AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 887202 — Carnero Peak, Eddy County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357571599
Day trips start here
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park · 16 mi
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