Headquarters Hill
Headquarters Hill rises to 1,344 m in New Mexico. Cox Peak stands 1,806 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Aden Mountain, a peak 3.1 miles away. El Camino Real passes 22 miles off. 92 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49035742, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,344 m
How to reach it
- 21.6 mi off the El Camino Real, National
92 named places within 25 miles
- La Llorona Park: 21.1 mi
- Town Hall Park: 21.5 mi
- Valle del Rio Park: 21.6 mi
- Mesilla Plaza: 21.9 mi
- Tierra del Sol Park: 22.4 mi
- Aden Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Aden Crater: 3.5 mi
- Aden Hill: 6.2 mi
- Kilbourne Hole: 12.2 mi
- Mount Riley: 12.9 mi
- Recycled Roadrunner Sculpture: 18.9 mi
- 1912 Murray Corliss Steam Engine Restoration Project: 24.1 mi
- Clock Tower at NMSU: 24.1 mi
- Weston Engine Co. Painted Post NY: 24.1 mi
- The Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 24.2 mi
- The Gadsen Museum: 22.0 mi
- Las Cruces Railroad Museum: 23.6 mi
- Art Museum: 24.2 mi
- Museum of Nature & Science: 24.2 mi
- Branigan Cultural Center: 24.2 mi
- Sandia Gulch Begin: 22.2 mi
- Sandia Gulch End: 22.3 mi
- World's Largest Chili Pepper: 22.8 mi
- Pat Garrett's Grave: 23.4 mi
- Frank Bromilow Mall Commemorative Plaque: 24.2 mi
- Old Main: 24.2 mi
- SFC Antonio Rey "Rod" Rodriguez Memorial Interchange: 24.7 mi
- Kilbourne Hole ACEC: 12.2 mi
- Rest Area I-10 (West Bound): 14.4 mi
- Lanark: 19.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Headquarters Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cox Peak | S 174° | 1,806 m | 12.9 mi |
| Mount Riley | S 174° | 1,794 m | 12.9 mi |
| Massacre Peak | NNW 335° | 1,608 m | 21.7 mi |
| Potrillo Peak | SSW 206° | 1,607 m | 13.6 mi |
| Sleeping Lady Hills | NNE 12° | 1,549 m | 16.5 mi |
| Picacho Mountain | NE 39° | 1,510 m | 20.8 mi |
| Reichey Butte | NNE 12° | 1,479 m | 14.3 mi |
| Rough and Ready Gap | N 11° | 1,455 m | 19.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 19:43 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:34 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:31 | 17:09 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 49 | 55 | 62 | 71 | 80 | 82 | 81 | 75 | 64 | 52 | 44 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — State Univ, 24 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357588290
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