Goat Mountain
Goat Mountain rises to 2,042 m in New Mexico. Organ Needle stands 2,708 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Bennett Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. El Camino Real passes 23 miles off. 139 named places lie within 25 miles, 36 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49031827, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,042 m
How to reach it
- 23.2 mi off the El Camino Real, National
139 named places within 25 miles
- Organ Town Square: 10.9 mi
- Missile Park: 12.0 mi
- Volunteer Park: 12.5 mi
- Bicentennial Grove: 12.5 mi
- Vista de la Montana Park: 16.1 mi
- Bennett Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Big Brushy Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Black Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Bear Peak: 3.9 mi
- Quartz Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Topp Hut: 14.7 mi
- Rock House: 17.6 mi
- Pat Garret Murder Site: 18.4 mi
- George Russell Beasley House Remains: 18.5 mi
- Issac House: 18.6 mi
- Space Murals Museum: 11.5 mi
- V-2 Display Annex: 12.0 mi
- White Sands Missile Range Museum: 12.1 mi
- New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum: 22.1 mi
- Branigan Cultural Center: 23.6 mi
- Nike Missile: 9.9 mi
- NMSU: 23.8 mi
- The Traders: 24.1 mi
- Class of 1931 Commemorative: 24.1 mi
- The Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 24.2 mi
- La Cueva: 16.4 mi
- Lucero Wash petroglyphs: 21.9 mi
- White Sands National Monument: 22.2 mi
- Pat Garrett's Grave: 24.4 mi
- World's Largest Chili Pepper: 24.8 mi
- Mine House Spring: 14.7 mi
- Middle Spring: 15.1 mi
- Filmore Spring: 15.8 mi
- Dripping Springs: 16.8 mi
- Southern Comfort Wall: 14.2 mi
- The Tooth: 15.1 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Northbound: 24.5 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Southbound: 24.7 mi
- Fillmore waterfall: 16.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Goat Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organ Needle | SSW 194° | 2,708 m | 15.2 mi |
| Organ Peak | S 190° | 2,668 m | 16.1 mi |
| The Needles | SSW 197° | 2,565 m | 14.7 mi |
| Baldy Peak | SSW 192° | 2,564 m | 16.7 mi |
| Granite Peak | S 185° | 2,554 m | 15.7 mi |
| San Andres Peak | NNW 345° | 2,459 m | 8.4 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | S 190° | 2,443 m | 14.9 mi |
| Rabbit Ears | SSW 199° | 2,440 m | 13.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 19:41 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:32 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:28 | 17:05 |
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 | 40 | 44 | 51 | 58 | 67 | 77 | 80 | 78 | 72 | 60 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jornada EXP Range, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357582880
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