Horse Mountain
Horse Mountain rises to 1,784 m in New Mexico. South Baldy stands 3,279 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Bern Peak, a peak 1.9 miles away. El Camino Real passes 7.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States of America; geonames ID = 5472065.
Wikidata Q49037351, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,784 m
How to reach it
- 7.0 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 23.0 mi off the Socorro Historical District Scenic Byway
- 24.3 mi off the Quebradas Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Dabbler Deck · 13 mi
- Eagle Scout Deck · 14 mi
- Flight Deck · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bern Peak: 1.9 mi
- Indian Hills: 2.1 mi
- Devil Peak: 3.1 mi
- Tenmile Hill: 8.7 mi
- Spook Hill: 9.2 mi
- Burro Spring: 6.3 mi
- Cienega Springs: 6.9 mi
- Haunted Spring: 7.4 mi
- Torreon Springs: 8.1 mi
- Puertecito Spring: 8.6 mi
- Camino de Sueños: 11.2 mi
- Sunflowers on Adobe Wall: 23.0 mi
- Isidro Baca Park Marker: 23.2 mi
- M Mountain Mural: 23.3 mi
- Socorro History Wheel: 23.3 mi
- Magdalena Fault Historical Marker: 20.9 mi
- Billing Smelter Historic Site: 22.0 mi
- Texas Volunteers Memorial: 23.0 mi
- Isidro Baca Park Veterans' Memorial: 23.2 mi
- World War II Bataan Memorial: 23.3 mi
- Mancy Mine: 15.6 mi
- Clemens Ranch House: 21.4 mi
- Clemens Ranch House Historic Site: 21.4 mi
- Socorro Peak "M": 22.3 mi
- Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Depot: 23.7 mi
- Langmuir Research Site: 11.4 mi
- Socorro Gun Range: 15.4 mi
- San Antonio Park: 17.2 mi
- NMT Alumni Hill Park: 23.1 mi
- West Place Park: 23.1 mi
- El Camino Real International Heritage Center: 13.0 mi
- New Mexico Bureau of Geology Mineral Museum: 23.6 mi
- Hammel Museum: 23.7 mi
- Box Car Museum: 24.3 mi
- Contadero: 12.0 mi
- Canta Recio: 15.5 mi
- Paraje: 16.0 mi
- López Rose Garden: 23.4 mi
- Dowdle Family Memorial Garden: 23.4 mi
- Brown Hall Rose Garden: 23.5 mi
- Fort Craig Rest Area Southbound: 11.0 mi
- Fort Craig Rest Area Northbound: 11.1 mi
- Mesa del Contadero: 10.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Horse Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Baldy | NNW 346° | 3,279 m | 14.9 mi |
| Timber Peak | N 352° | 3,181 m | 13.8 mi |
| West Blue Mountain | WSW 246° | 3,145 m | 20.0 mi |
| Blue Mountain | WSW 245° | 3,135 m | 19.7 mi |
| San Mateo Peak | WSW 236° | 3,082 m | 21.1 mi |
| Mount Withington | WNW 289° | 3,077 m | 21.8 mi |
| Apache Kid Peak | WSW 240° | 3,065 m | 19.2 mi |
| Teepee Peak | WSW 247° | 3,029 m | 19.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 19:46 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:34 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:26 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 44 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bosque DEL Apache, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 899677 — Horse Mountain, Socorro County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357585988
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