Dale Mountain
Dale Mountain rises to 2,588 m in New Mexico. Little Fishers Peak Mesa stands 2,747 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Madrid Peak, a peak 1.6 miles away. Santa Fe Trail passes 13 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49023532, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,588 m
How to reach it
- 13.0 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
- 24.2 mi off the Scenic Highway of Legends, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Madrid Peak: 1.6 mi
- Red Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Towndrow Peak: 4.1 mi
- Little Mesa: 4.6 mi
- Horse Shoe Mesa: 4.9 mi
- Folsom State Monument: 7.3 mi
- Sugarite Canyon State Park: 10.7 mi
- Sugarite Canyon: 11.3 mi
- Fisher Park: 11.9 mi
- Romero Park: 13.2 mi
- Scouting Museum: 14.0 mi
- Raton Museum: 14.0 mi
- Folsom Museum: 16.1 mi
- The Old Branson Jail: 17.8 mi
- Baca Pioneer Museum: 24.0 mi
- Sugarite Canyon State Park: 10.1 mi
- Coal Camp Ruins: 10.6 mi
- New Mexico / Colorado state line: 17.0 mi
- north finial: 13.9 mi
- south finial: 13.9 mi
- Raton: 14.2 mi
- Star: 14.2 mi
- Folsom Museum Historic Site: 16.0 mi
- Prestons Point: 6.3 mi
- Fishers Peak State Park: 18.5 mi
- Trinchera Falls: 19.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Dale Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Fishers Peak Mesa | NW 305° | 2,747 m | 13.6 mi |
| Bartlett Mesa | WNW 288° | 2,709 m | 14.2 mi |
| Burro Mesa | NW 314° | 2,666 m | 11.9 mi |
| Horse Mesa | WNW 297° | 2,662 m | 9.6 mi |
| Bobblers Knob | WNW 293° | 2,661 m | 12.7 mi |
| Johnson Mesa | W 262° | 2,636 m | 7.8 mi |
| Towndrow Peak | WSW 247° | 2,625 m | 4.1 mi |
| Barela Mesa | NW 306° | 2,611 m | 8.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:42 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 16:04 | 16:44 |
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 | 26 | 28 | 35 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 62 | 56 | 46 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Maloya, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 898756 — Dale Mountain, Colfax County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357583978
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