Dipping Vat Hill
Dipping Vat Hill rises to 1,297 m in New Mexico. San Juan Mesa stands 1,447 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Table Mountain, a peak 1.9 miles away. Mesalands Scenic Byway passes 30 miles off. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 16 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in New Mexico, United States of America
Wikidata Q49024956, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1297 m
How to reach it
- 29.7 mi off the Mesalands Scenic Byway
79 named places within 25 miles
- Portrail of Billy the Kid: 15.0 mi
- Portrait of Pat Garrett: 15.0 mi
- Portrait of Barboncito: 15.0 mi
- Portrait of Granado Mucho: 15.0 mi
- Dariland Sign (handpainted, disc-shaped): 18.6 mi
- Table Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Watts Hill: 2.1 mi
- Eighteenmile Hill: 5.0 mi
- Lomas Gatos: 6.5 mi
- Mesita Negra: 6.6 mi
- Fort Sumner State Monument: 14.6 mi
- Early Spanish Route Historical Marker: 20.4 mi
- Fort Sumner State Monument Historical Marker: 20.4 mi
- Fort Sumner Historical Marker: 20.4 mi
- Fort Sumner Historic Site/Bosque Redondo Memorial: 14.9 mi
- Billy The Kid Museum: 19.7 mi
- The Mesa: 16.2 mi
- The Cap Rock: 19.8 mi
- Explosion Rocks Tolar: 19.2 mi
- Sunnyside Springs Historic Marker: 21.4 mi
- North Pecos River Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 19.3 mi
- Tolar: 20.2 mi
- Rodrick Drug Store Historic Site: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dipping Vat Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Juan Mesa | SE 141° | 1,447 m | 21.0 mi |
| The Mesa | E 86° | 1,437 m | 14.9 mi |
| Negrohead Butte | E 90° | 1,428 m | 16.1 mi |
| Candy Mesa | N 360° | 1,388 m | 22.4 mi |
| White Mesa | NE 48° | 1,348 m | 9.6 mi |
| Taiban Peak | NNE 17° | 1,345 m | 19.0 mi |
| Watts Hill | ESE 103° | 1,309 m | 2.1 mi |
| Table Mountain | ESE 116° | 1,296 m | 1.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:35 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:22 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 16:13 | 16:51 |
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 | 39 | 43 | 52 | 59 | 68 | 78 | 80 | 78 | 71 | 59 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Sumner 5 S, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 896973 — Dipping Vat Hill, De Baca County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357582420
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