Clifton Hills
Clifton Hills rises to 2,048 m in New Mexico. Fishers Peak stands 2,920 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Santa Fe Trail passes 2.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49021017, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,048 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
- 22.1 mi off the Scenic Highway of Legends, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Green Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Red River Peak: 1.9 mi
- Goat Hill: 5.6 mi
- Black Mesa: 6.7 mi
- Potato Mountain: 8.5 mi
- La Mesa Park: 3.5 mi
- Optimist Park South: 4.0 mi
- Legion Park: 5.0 mi
- Climax Canyon Park: 5.3 mi
- Roundhouse Memorial Park: 5.6 mi
- Scouting Museum: 5.4 mi
- Raton Museum: 5.6 mi
- A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art: 23.4 mi
- Baca Pioneer Museum: 23.4 mi
- Trinidad History Museum: 23.4 mi
- Sugarite Canyon State Park: 8.9 mi
- Coal Camp Ruins: 9.8 mi
- New Mexico / Colorado state line: 11.3 mi
- Grave: 22.8 mi
- south finial: 5.6 mi
- north finial: 5.6 mi
- Raton: 5.6 mi
- Fishers Peak State Park: 14.9 mi
- Trinidad Lake State Park: 21.4 mi
- Prestons Point: 22.6 mi
- Prospect Point: 23.7 mi
- Star: 5.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Clifton Hills. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishers Peak | N 4° | 2,920 m | 18.5 mi |
| Fishers Peak Mesa | N 7° | 2,887 m | 17.5 mi |
| Little Fishers Peak Mesa | NNE 20° | 2,747 m | 15.4 mi |
| Bartlett Mesa | NNE 15° | 2,709 m | 11.5 mi |
| Burro Mesa | NNE 28° | 2,666 m | 17.0 mi |
| Horse Mesa | NE 36° | 2,662 m | 13.7 mi |
| Bobblers Knob | NNE 22° | 2,661 m | 12.6 mi |
| Johnson Mesa | ENE 58° | 2,636 m | 10.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:43 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 16:05 | 16:46 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 40 | 47 | 55 | 64 | 68 | 66 | 60 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Raton Krtn Radio, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357572102
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