Gillespie Mountain
Gillespie Mountain rises to 2,218 m in New Mexico. Animas Mountains High Point stands 2,611 m to the southwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Anderson Mountain, a peak 3.4 miles away. 51 named places lie within 25 miles, 35 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49031479, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,218 m
How to reach it
51 named places within 25 miles
- Anderson Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Elephant Butte: 4.0 mi
- Rough Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Center Peak: 8.1 mi
- Animas Peak: 8.4 mi
- Black Bill Spring: 9.4 mi
- Maverick Spring: 15.2 mi
- Woodchoppers Spring: 19.9 mi
- Indian Spring: 25.0 mi
- Gray School: 13.1 mi
- Smugglers Trail Historical Marker: 21.3 mi
- Playas Siding: 21.6 mi
- Pratt Post Office (historical): 23.1 mi
- Cloverdale: 22.5 mi
- Old Hachita: 22.6 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 22.9 mi
- Geronimo Surrender Monument: 23.4 mi
- Cowboy Rim: 3.9 mi
- BLM: 20.8 mi
- The Lost Arcade: 23.8 mi
- Ned Hall Community Park: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gillespie Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animas Mountains High Point | SW 224° | 2,611 m | 9.1 mi |
| Animas Peak | SW 227° | 2,600 m | 8.4 mi |
| Big Hatchet Peak | E 97° | 2,542 m | 16.7 mi |
| Zeller Peak | E 90° | 2,244 m | 16.7 mi |
| Gray Mountain | NW 316° | 2,108 m | 20.4 mi |
| 7K Peak | SSE 161° | 2,052 m | 9.3 mi |
| Center Peak | S 182° | 2,045 m | 8.1 mi |
| Anderson Mountain | N 360° | 2,028 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:55 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 19:48 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:41 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:39 | 17:16 |
Local time (America/Ciudad_Juarez).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 48 | 54 | 61 | 70 | 79 | 80 | 78 | 73 | 63 | 52 | 44 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Animas 3ese, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357607550
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