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Granite Mountain

Granite Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Granite Mountain rises to 2,208 m in New Mexico. South Baldy stands 3,279 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Official Scenic Historic Marker, a historic site 2.0 miles away. Quebradas Back Country Byway passes 18 miles off.

The story

mountain in New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q49032781, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2208 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.14756, -107.21892

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 36
  • Hell Canyon Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Garcia Canyon Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Upper Garcia Canyon Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Strozzi su Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Shakespeare Spring: 8.1 mi
Artworks: 16
  • Bell: 17.4 mi
  • EMRTC Rattlesnake: 18.0 mi
  • Passage of the Earth and the Sky: 18.6 mi
  • "The Past", "The Present", and "The Future": 18.7 mi
  • The Desert Maiden: 18.7 mi
Picnic sites: 10
  • Sandbar Riverine Park: 20.5 mi
  • 1: 21.7 mi
  • 2: 21.7 mi
  • 3: 21.7 mi
  • 4: 21.7 mi
Parks: 7
  • Langmuir Research Site: 14.5 mi
  • NMT Alumni Hill Park: 18.7 mi
  • Sedillo Park: 19.2 mi
  • West Place Park: 19.3 mi
  • School of Mines Heritage Park: 19.5 mi
Museums: 3
Gardens: 3
  • López Rose Garden: 18.7 mi
  • Dowdle Family Memorial Garden: 18.7 mi
  • Brown Hall Rose Garden: 18.9 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • Hells Mesa: 11.5 mi
  • Mesa Cencerro: 12.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Granite Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South BaldyS 171°3,279 m11.0 mi
Timber PeakSSE 164°3,181 m12.1 mi
Mount WithingtonSW 220°3,077 m24.0 mi
North BaldySSE 162°3,003 m7.1 mi
A-L PeakSW 221°2,940 m21.5 mi
Ladrón PeakNNE 21°2,780 m21.2 mi
Tip Top MountainSSE 156°2,773 m3.9 mi
Buck PeakSSE 156°2,764 m12.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4819:21
June solstice05:5819:4720:24
September equinox06:5818:3419:07
December solstice07:1216:2517:04

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384451586674777569574637
Precip in0.30.30.50.30.40.42.42.11.30.90.40.6

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 906687 — Granite Mountain, Socorro County, New Mexico.

OpenStreetMap element node/357594589

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