Dillon Mountain
Dillon Mountain rises to 2,650 m in New Mexico. Escudilla Mountain stands 3,326 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Frisco Hot Spring, a spring 1.7 miles away. Coronado Trail Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49024909, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,650 m
How to reach it
- 19.5 mi off the Coronado Trail Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Frisco Hot Spring: 1.7 mi
- Big Spring: 3.0 mi
- Devil Spring: 3.1 mi
- Cienega Spring: 3.2 mi
- Funderburg Spring: 4.2 mi
- South Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Bill Lewis Mesa: 3.4 mi
- Freeman Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Monument Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Mess Box Mesa: 4.4 mi
- Dangerous Park: 18.2 mi
- Yequas Park: 22.9 mi
- Elfego Baca Monument: 10.2 mi
- Tige Rim: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of Dillon Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Escudilla Mountain | WNW 291° | 3,326 m | 19.6 mi |
| Escudilla Lookout | WNW 290° | 3,315 m | 19.1 mi |
| Eagle Peak | SE 133° | 2,970 m | 18.1 mi |
| Buzzard Peak | SE 131° | 2,948 m | 18.1 mi |
| Turner Peak | W 280° | 2,874 m | 13.8 mi |
| Jim Smith Peak | NW 314° | 2,820 m | 13.7 mi |
| Gobbler Point | W 267° | 2,820 m | 20.9 mi |
| Gallo Peak | NE 38° | 2,818 m | 15.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 19:53 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:41 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:33 | 17:11 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 40 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 66 | 65 | 59 | 49 | 39 | 33 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Luna RS, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 905767 — Dillon Mountain, Catron County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357593806
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