Hightower Mountain
Hightower Mountain rises to 2,235 m in New Mexico. Sierra Blanca Peak stands 3,620 m to the west, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Goat Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Billy the Kid Trail passes 1.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in New Mexico, United States of America
Wikidata Q49036481, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2235 m
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Billy the Kid Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Goat Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Fort Stanton Mesa: 3.9 mi
- High Mesa: 6.2 mi
- Deadhorse Hill: 6.4 mi
- Deadhorse Hill: 6.5 mi
- All American Park: 5.1 mi
- Ruidoso Downs Race Track: 5.7 mi
- North Park: 6.8 mi
- Fort Stanton: 6.9 mi
- White Mountain Recreation Complex: 7.1 mi
- Billy the Kid Museum: 2.3 mi
- The Hubbard Museum of the American West: 5.3 mi
- Museum of the Horse: 5.3 mi
- Ruidoso River Museum: 8.9 mi
- Smokey Bear Museum: 10.4 mi
- Fox Cave: 2.3 mi
- Lincoln County Courthouse Historic Site: 11.2 mi
- Hondo Iris Farm: 15.4 mi
- Historic Lincoln: 15.8 mi
- Old Mill: 7.8 mi
- H22: 17.0 mi
- Padilla Springs: 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Hightower Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Blanca Peak | W 264° | 3,620 m | 15.2 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | W 268° | 3,518 m | 15.2 mi |
| Buck Mountain | W 272° | 3,276 m | 13.5 mi |
| White Horse Hill | W 277° | 3,111 m | 16.7 mi |
| Summit Peak | NE 36° | 3,103 m | 17.9 mi |
| Capitan Peak | NE 50° | 3,063 m | 21.1 mi |
| Nogal Peak | WNW 295° | 2,966 m | 16.3 mi |
| Monjeau Peak | WNW 282° | 2,942 m | 10.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:41 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 19:39 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:28 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:21 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 37 | 42 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 66 | 64 | 60 | 51 | 41 | 35 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ruidoso, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 906981 — Hightower Mountain, Lincoln County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357594839
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