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Hat Top Mountain

Hat Top Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Hat Top Mountain rises to 1,559 m in New Mexico. Big Hatchet Peak stands 2,542 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Haystack Mountain, a peak 2.4 miles away. 12 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q49035251, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1559 m

How to reach it

Coordinates31.39789, -108.25531

12 named places within 25 miles

Historic sites: 1
  • Continental Divide Trail Southern Terminus: 7.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hat Top Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Hatchet PeakNNW 333°2,542 m18.5 mi
Zeller PeakNNW 336°2,244 m20.1 mi
7K PeakWNW 294°2,052 m24.0 mi
New Well PeakN 351°1,910 m11.8 mi
Pierce PeakNW 307°1,872 m5.9 mi
Hilo PeakW 269°1,811 m20.2 mi
Middle MountainWSW 250°1,660 m7.7 mi
Eagle MountainWSW 254°1,652 m10.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5319:25
June solstice06:1019:4620:21
September equinox07:0218:3919:11
December solstice07:0916:3817:15

Local time (America/Ciudad_Juarez).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434752596777787671615142
Precip in0.80.40.40.10.20.73.12.31.70.70.81.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Antelope Wells, 17 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 889819 — Hat Top Mountain, Hidalgo County, New Mexico.

OpenStreetMap element node/357574729

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