Cookes Peak
Cookes Peak rises to 2,444 m in New Mexico. Sawyers Peak stands 2,936 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mule Springs Peak, a peak 6.3 miles away. Lake Valley Back Country Byway passes 15 miles off. 74 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,444 m
How to reach it
- 14.5 mi off the Lake Valley Back Country Byway
- 20.5 mi off the Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway, National
- 21.5 mi off the Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Emory Pass Vista · 26 mi
74 named places within 25 miles
- Mule Springs Peak: 6.3 mi
- Round Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Massacre Peak: 7.2 mi
- Log Springs Mountain: 9.2 mi
- Coyote Mountain: 9.8 mi
- Northside Park: 18.1 mi
- Gonzales Park: 18.2 mi
- Elsie Vega Park: 18.7 mi
- Amistad Splash Pad: 18.8 mi
- Triangle Park: 18.8 mi
- Tom Eby Storage Building Historic Site: 6.7 mi
- Ramon Baca House Historic Site: 10.1 mi
- Trinidad Andazola House Historic Site: 10.1 mi
- Lake Valley: 15.8 mi
- Christ Light Community Church: 18.7 mi
- Old Town Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 10.6 mi
- Uvas Valley Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 21.1 mi
- Mimbres River Tract Wildlife Area: 25.0 mi
- Mowry City: 10.8 mi
- Lake Valley: 15.7 mi
- Nutt: 16.6 mi
- Deming-Luna-Mimbres Museum: 18.7 mi
- Play Sharity Childrens Museum: 18.8 mi
- City of Rocks Desert Botanical Garden: 14.7 mi
- Butterfield Rest Area: 14.7 mi
- Little Needles Eye: 24.1 mi
- Rock Spring: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cookes Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sawyers Peak | N 353° | 2,936 m | 23.6 mi |
| Seven Brothers Mountain | N 356° | 2,657 m | 22.5 mi |
| Thompson Cone | N 357° | 2,396 m | 20.1 mi |
| Pine Flat Mountain | N 360° | 2,385 m | 18.2 mi |
| Stoner Mountain | N 1° | 2,362 m | 21.7 mi |
| Maverick Mountain | N 350° | 2,336 m | 19.9 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | NNW 347° | 2,314 m | 23.9 mi |
| Larkins Spring Mountain | N 1° | 2,270 m | 16.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:50 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 19:46 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:37 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:33 | 17:10 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 45 | 51 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 76 | 74 | 69 | 60 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Faywood, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 920579 — Cookes Peak, Luna County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357607544
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