Elephant Mountain
Elephant Mountain rises to 2,443 m in New Mexico. South Baldy stands 3,279 m to the south-southeast, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Clemens Ranch House, a attraction 1.5 miles away. Quebradas Back Country Byway passes 19 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49027624, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,443 m
How to reach it
- 18.7 mi off the Quebradas Back Country Byway
- 18.7 mi off the Socorro Historical District Scenic Byway
- 18.7 mi off the El Camino Real, National
Overlooks nearby
- Flight Deck · 27 mi
- Eagle Scout Deck · 27 mi
- Dabbler Deck · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Magdalena Peak: 1.6 mi
- Baxter Peak: 2.3 mi
- Tip Top Mountain: 2.7 mi
- North Peak: 2.8 mi
- North Baldy: 2.8 mi
- Agua Fria Spring: 3.0 mi
- Upper Garcia Canyon Spring: 3.1 mi
- Hell Canyon Spring: 3.5 mi
- Garcia Canyon Spring: 3.6 mi
- Cabin Spring: 4.1 mi
- EMRTC Rattlesnake: 17.6 mi
- Passage of the Earth and the Sky: 18.1 mi
- "The Past", "The Present", and "The Future": 18.2 mi
- The Desert Maiden: 18.2 mi
- NMT Arranged Rocks: 18.3 mi
- Official Scenic Historic Marker: 3.5 mi
- Magdalena Fault Historical Marker: 8.2 mi
- Billing Smelter Historic Site: 17.4 mi
- Alice Kase Memorial Bench: 17.9 mi
- Texas Volunteers Memorial: 18.2 mi
- Clemens Ranch House: 1.5 mi
- Clemens Ranch House Historic Site: 1.5 mi
- Old Jail House: 3.4 mi
- Dobson House Historic Site: 3.5 mi
- Hilton House: 3.6 mi
- Langmuir Research Site: 9.3 mi
- Socorro Gun Range: 18.0 mi
- NMT Alumni Hill Park: 18.1 mi
- West Place Park: 18.6 mi
- Sedillo Park: 18.8 mi
- Box Car Museum: 3.6 mi
- New Mexico Bureau of Geology Mineral Museum: 18.4 mi
- Hammel Museum: 19.1 mi
- López Rose Garden: 18.2 mi
- Dowdle Family Memorial Garden: 18.3 mi
- Brown Hall Rose Garden: 18.4 mi
- Hells Mesa: 16.7 mi
- Mesa Cencerro: 17.1 mi
- Sandbar Riverine Park: 20.4 mi
- Riley: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Elephant Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Baldy | SSE 158° | 3,279 m | 5.8 mi |
| Timber Peak | SSE 149° | 3,181 m | 7.2 mi |
| Mount Withington | SW 229° | 3,077 m | 19.8 mi |
| Tower Peak | SW 226° | 3,026 m | 20.2 mi |
| North Baldy | ESE 117° | 3,003 m | 2.8 mi |
| A-L Peak | SW 231° | 2,940 m | 17.4 mi |
| Tip Top Mountain | NE 46° | 2,773 m | 2.7 mi |
| Buck Peak | SE 138° | 2,764 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 19:47 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:26 | 17:04 |
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 | 38 | 44 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Socorro, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 906113 — Elephant Mountain, Socorro County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357594079
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