Cerro la Mula
Cerro la Mula rises to 2,354 m in New Mexico. Escudilla Mountain stands 3,326 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Hill, a ghost town 4.7 miles away. Coronado Trail Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off. 93 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49019479, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,354 m
How to reach it
- 23.4 mi off the Coronado Trail Scenic Byway, National
- 25.7 mi off the White Mountain Scenic Road
93 named places within 25 miles
- Knight Spring: 13.0 mi
- Rita Blanca Spring: 13.1 mi
- Todd Browning Spring: 13.4 mi
- Headwaters Spring: 14.9 mi
- Canovas Spring: 15.8 mi
- Cimarron Mesa: 6.1 mi
- Fox Mountain: 9.1 mi
- Red Hill: 9.4 mi
- Black Peak: 10.5 mi
- Largo Mesa: 12.6 mi
- Red Hill: 4.7 mi
- The Rincon: 16.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cerro la Mula. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Escudilla Mountain | SW 230° | 3,326 m | 23.9 mi |
| Escudilla Lookout | SW 229° | 3,315 m | 24.1 mi |
| Jim Smith Peak | SW 217° | 2,820 m | 16.3 mi |
| Gallo Peak | SE 136° | 2,818 m | 13.8 mi |
| Turner Peak | SW 215° | 2,795 m | 24.1 mi |
| Fox Mountain | SE 141° | 2,780 m | 9.1 mi |
| Loco Knoll | SW 235° | 2,764 m | 20.6 mi |
| Jones Peak | SSW 212° | 2,755 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 19:54 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:32 | 17:10 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 34 | 40 | 46 | 54 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 60 | 50 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Quemado, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357593001
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