Dogs Head
Dogs Head rises to 1,473 m in New Mexico. Hornbrook Mountain stands 2,136 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Pyramid Peak, a peak 1.6 miles away.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49025263, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,473 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Pyramid Peak: 1.6 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Buggytop Hill: 2.4 mi
- Rimrock Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Negrohead: 4.1 mi
- Rockhouse Seep: 2.3 mi
- Allen Seep: 7.8 mi
- Able Seep: 8.0 mi
- Peterson Spring: 18.5 mi
- Juniper Spring: 19.5 mi
- Shakespeare Historical Marker: 6.2 mi
- Playas Siding: 19.5 mi
- Smugglers Trail Historical Marker: 21.3 mi
- Pratt Post Office (historical): 24.0 mi
- Shakespeare: 6.2 mi
- Separ: 16.1 mi
- Steins: 17.4 mi
- Hidalgo County Courthouse Historic Site: 7.2 mi
- Astronomer's Paradise: 16.2 mi
- Lordsburg Hidalgo County Museum: 7.0 mi
- Short Park: 7.4 mi
- Granite Gap Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 20.0 mi
- San Simon Rest Area: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Dogs Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hornbrook Mountain | NE 35° | 2,136 m | 18.3 mi |
| Apache Mountain | NNE 27° | 2,114 m | 16.1 mi |
| Knight Peak | NNE 27° | 1,993 m | 22.2 mi |
| Gold Hill | NE 37° | 1,982 m | 15.4 mi |
| Whitetop Hill | NE 41° | 1,909 m | 18.8 mi |
| Walker Mountain | NE 41° | 1,897 m | 14.4 mi |
| Soldiers Farewell Hill | ENE 70° | 1,870 m | 22.5 mi |
| Eagle Eye Peak | NNE 21° | 1,865 m | 24.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 19:49 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:41 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:37 | 17:15 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 53 | 60 | 69 | 78 | 81 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lordsburg 4 SE, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 920587 — Dogs Head, Hidalgo County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357607547
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