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Higgins Mountain

Higgins Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Higgins Mountain rises to 1,977 m in New Mexico. Eagle Peak stands 2,970 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. 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
1977 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.74172, -108.76367

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs
  • 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
Parks: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Historic sites: 1
Cliffs: 1
Museums: 1
  • Mogollon Museum: 23.9 mi
Attractions: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Higgins Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Eagle PeakESE 113°2,970 m11.7 mi
Buzzard PeakESE 110°2,948 m11.9 mi
Turner PeakWNW 302°2,874 m19.0 mi
Turner PeakWNW 303°2,795 m19.3 mi
Wagontongue MountainENE 62°2,723 m18.6 mi
Apache MountainNNE 33°2,702 m15.9 mi
Bishop PeakNW 315°2,700 m16.2 mi
John Kerr PeakENE 76°2,681 m17.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5419:27
June solstice06:0619:5320:30
September equinox07:0418:4019:13
December solstice07:1716:3317:11

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333640465361666559493933
Precip in1.21.10.80.50.70.63.43.82.21.40.91.1

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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