D Cross Mountain
D Cross Mountain rises to 2,589 m in New Mexico. Madre Mountain stands 2,870 m to the southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Bell Mountain, a peak 2.0 miles away. Chain of Craters Back Country Byway passes 23 miles off. 61 named places lie within 25 miles, 49 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49023485, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,589 m
How to reach it
- 23.3 mi off the Chain of Craters Back Country Byway
61 named places within 25 miles
- Bell Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Middle Mesa: 4.7 mi
- Blue Mesa: 5.2 mi
- Wiley Mesa: 5.9 mi
- Techado Mesa: 6.6 mi
- Blue Mesa: 4.7 mi
- Cal Ship Mesa: 9.2 mi
- White Mesa: 10.1 mi
- Dead Horse Mesa: 22.1 mi
- Mesa Cencerro: 24.7 mi
- Maverick Spring: 13.1 mi
- Chavez Springs: 18.9 mi
- Dove Spring: 21.0 mi
- Lightning Field: 21.9 mi
- Lava Falls Area: 23.1 mi
- Cherry Town: 15.2 mi
- The Lightning Field: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of D Cross Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madre Mountain | SW 217° | 2,870 m | 15.6 mi |
| Davenport Lookout | SW 219° | 2,851 m | 17.2 mi |
| Rincon | SSW 193° | 2,709 m | 15.4 mi |
| Cebollita Mesa | NNW 337° | 2,673 m | 18.1 mi |
| East Sugarloaf Mountain | SSW 205° | 2,646 m | 24.4 mi |
| Lone Mountain | WSW 237° | 2,634 m | 21.2 mi |
| Blue Mesa | S 182° | 2,605 m | 5.2 mi |
| Capital Dome | WSW 239° | 2,605 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:50 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 19:50 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:36 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:26 | 17:05 |
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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357593611
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