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Cerrillos del Coyote

Cerrillos del Coyote, seen from above at true elevation

Cerrillos del Coyote rises to 1,679 m in New Mexico. South Baldy stands 3,279 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Ojo de la Parida, a spring 1.3 miles away. Quebradas Back Country Byway passes 0.8 miles off. 153 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.

About

The story

mountain in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q49019218, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1679 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.12727, -106.79315

Overlooks nearby

Around it

153 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 60
Springs: 26
  • Ojo de la Parida: 1.3 mi
  • Ojo del Coyote: 1.5 mi
  • Ojo del Rancho de Lopez: 1.8 mi
  • Bursum Spring: 2.1 mi
  • Cibola Spring: 9.7 mi
Historic sites: 17
Artworks: 15
  • Nusenda Credit Union, Socorro Mural: 7.0 mi
  • Bell: 7.3 mi
  • Crane Mural: 7.3 mi
  • Searching for an Oasis: 7.4 mi
  • M Mountain Mural: 7.4 mi
Parks: 14
Picnic sites: 10
  • Sandbar Riverine Park: 5.4 mi
  • 1: 13.3 mi
  • 3: 13.3 mi
  • 4: 13.3 mi
  • 2: 13.3 mi
Attractions: 6
Gardens: 3
  • Brown Hall Rose Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Dowdle Family Memorial Garden: 7.7 mi
  • López Rose Garden: 7.8 mi
Museums: 2
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cerrillos del Coyote. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South BaldyWSW 247°3,279 m24.5 mi
Timber PeakWSW 244°3,181 m23.4 mi
North BaldyWSW 257°3,003 m22.8 mi
Tip Top MountainW 265°2,773 m22.9 mi
Buck PeakWSW 243°2,764 m21.8 mi
North PeakW 265°2,763 m22.8 mi
Italian PeakSW 236°2,752 m24.7 mi
Molino PeakWSW 237°2,701 m22.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:19
June solstice05:5719:4620:23
September equinox06:5618:3219:05
December solstice07:1016:2417:02

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384451586674777569574637
Precip in0.30.30.50.30.40.42.42.11.30.90.40.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Socorro, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357571816

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