Higgins Mountain
Higgins Mountain rises to 1,977 m in New Mexico. Eagle Peak stands 2,970 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Hudson Spring, a spring 1.1 miles away. Coronado Trail Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49036223, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,977 m
How to reach it
- 22.7 mi off the Coronado Trail Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Hudson Spring: 1.1 mi
- Pollies Spring: 1.3 mi
- Starkweather Spring: 2.7 mi
- S U Spring: 3.6 mi
- Kimball Spring: 3.7 mi
- Mess Box Mesa: 3.8 mi
- Jon S Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Monument Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Dry Mesa: 5.1 mi
- Bill Lewis Mesa: 5.2 mi
- Dangerous Park: 14.0 mi
- Yequas Park: 15.1 mi
- N Bar Park: 20.8 mi
- Bearwallow Park: 21.7 mi
- Elfego Baca Monument: 2.0 mi
- Tige Rim: 20.0 mi
- Mogollon Museum: 23.9 mi
- Mogollon Theater Historic Site: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Higgins Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Peak | ESE 113° | 2,970 m | 11.7 mi |
| Buzzard Peak | ESE 110° | 2,948 m | 11.9 mi |
| Turner Peak | WNW 302° | 2,874 m | 19.0 mi |
| Wagontongue Mountain | ENE 62° | 2,723 m | 18.6 mi |
| Apache Mountain | NNE 33° | 2,702 m | 15.9 mi |
| Bishop Peak | NW 315° | 2,700 m | 16.2 mi |
| John Kerr Peak | ENE 76° | 2,681 m | 17.2 mi |
| Freeman Mountain | N 357° | 2,674 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 19:53 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:40 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:33 | 17:11 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 36 | 40 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 66 | 65 | 59 | 49 | 39 | 33 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Luna RS, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 906967 — Higgins Mountain, Catron County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357594813
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