Castle Dome
Castle Dome rises to 2,514 m in New Mexico. Alegres Mountain stands 3,102 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Capital Dome, a peak 0.7 miles away. Chain of Craters Back Country Byway passes 28 miles off. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 42 of them named summits.
The story
hill in Catron County, New Mexico, United States
Wikidata Q49018419, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2514 m
How to reach it
- 27.5 mi off the Chain of Craters Back Country Byway
59 named places within 25 miles
- Capital Dome: 0.7 mi
- Lone Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Red Peak: 2.2 mi
- Monument Rock: 3.7 mi
- Cox Peak: 7.1 mi
- White Mesa: 13.1 mi
- Dead Horse Mesa: 13.3 mi
- Cal Ship Mesa: 14.8 mi
- Blue Mesa: 19.1 mi
- Blue Mesa: 19.1 mi
- Maverick Spring: 13.6 mi
- San Jose Spring: 19.7 mi
- Greens Gap: 15.4 mi
- Mangas: 18.4 mi
- The Lightning Field: 14.4 mi
- Lightning Field: 15.2 mi
- Mangas Schoolhouse: 19.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Castle Dome. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alegres Mountain | SW 218° | 3,102 m | 13.1 mi |
| Escondido Mountain | WSW 253° | 3,000 m | 24.8 mi |
| Mangas Mountain | SW 220° | 2,925 m | 22.8 mi |
| Madre Mountain | E 93° | 2,870 m | 9.2 mi |
| Davenport Lookout | E 100° | 2,851 m | 7.9 mi |
| Horse Mountain | S 191° | 2,850 m | 23.1 mi |
| Horse Peak | S 191° | 2,826 m | 23.0 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SSE 163° | 2,787 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:51 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 19:51 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:37 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:28 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 35 | 41 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 68 | 66 | 61 | 51 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pietown 19ne, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357608830
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