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Hanover Mountain

Hanover Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Hanover Mountain rises to 2,265 m in New Mexico. Sawyers Peak stands 2,936 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Fierro Hill, a peak 1.3 miles away. Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway passes 3.3 miles off.

The story

mountain in New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q49034871, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2265 m

How to reach it

Coordinates32.85702, -108.08088

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 49
  • Barrel Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Cabin Spring: 4.8 mi
  • Pipeline Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Moore Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Little Pipe Spring: 11.7 mi
Parks: 16
Museums: 5
  • Mimbres Culture Heritage Site Museum: 6.9 mi
  • Pinos Altos Historical Museum: 8.2 mi
  • Billy the Kid Cabin: 12.8 mi
  • Western New Mexico University Museum: 12.9 mi
  • Silver CIty Museum: 12.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • King Bolt Pit: 13.5 mi
  • Adonis Pit: 13.6 mi
  • Raven Pitt: 13.9 mi
  • North Pit: 13.9 mi
  • Comanche Pit: 14.1 mi
Artworks: 3
  • C: 7.6 mi
  • W: 10.0 mi
  • Penny Park Mosaics: 12.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Historic sites: 2
  • Ben Lilly Memorial: 10.0 mi
  • Whitmore Cabin (Ruins): 24.5 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Silva Creek Botanical Garden: 12.7 mi
  • City of Rocks Desert Botanical Garden: 19.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Hanover Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sawyers PeakE 86°2,936 m17.5 mi
Black PeakNW 307°2,745 m6.0 mi
Signal PeakNW 309°2,737 m7.4 mi
Twin SistersWNW 293°2,524 m6.4 mi
Scott PeakNW 309°2,521 m9.8 mi
Twin SistersWNW 290°2,495 m6.4 mi
Pinos Altos MountainW 272°2,473 m9.3 mi
Bear MountainW 265°2,444 m16.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:5219:24
June solstice06:0519:4820:24
September equinox07:0118:3819:11
December solstice07:1216:3317:11

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444652586575767571615143
Precip in1.10.90.50.30.60.83.92.92.11.00.91.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Bayard, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357594691

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