Elephant Mountain
Elephant Mountain rises to 1,408 m in New Mexico. Organ Needle stands 2,708 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Rattlesnake Hill, a peak 1.7 miles away. 35 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49027620, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,408 m
How to reach it
35 named places within 25 miles
- Rattlesnake Hill: 1.7 mi
- Jarilla Mountain: 7.5 mi
- Otero Mesa: 15.1 mi
- Three Buttes: 17.8 mi
- Antelope Hill: 20.6 mi
- Orogrande: 3.2 mi
- Issac House: 24.1 mi
- George Russell Beasley House Remains: 24.5 mi
- William Foster Beasley House Remains: 24.8 mi
- Cistern: 24.8 mi
- Missile Park: 19.4 mi
- Volunteer Park: 20.3 mi
- Bicentennial Grove: 20.3 mi
- White Sands National Monument: 24.4 mi
- White Sands Missile Range Museum: 19.4 mi
- V-2 Display Annex: 19.5 mi
- Nike Missile: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Elephant Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organ Needle | W 262° | 2,708 m | 24.5 mi |
| Organ Peak | W 260° | 2,668 m | 23.9 mi |
| Baldy Peak | WSW 259° | 2,564 m | 24.7 mi |
| Granite Peak | W 259° | 2,554 m | 22.3 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | W 262° | 2,443 m | 23.5 mi |
| Bennett Mountain | WNW 301° | 2,188 m | 22.7 mi |
| Bear Peak | WNW 290° | 2,134 m | 24.4 mi |
| Black Mountain | WNW 292° | 2,133 m | 21.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:44 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 19:39 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:27 | 17:04 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 49 | 56 | 63 | 71 | 81 | 82 | 80 | 75 | 64 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orogrande, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357573250
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