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Jawbone Mountain

Jawbone Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Jawbone Mountain rises to 3,232 m in New Mexico. Grouse Mesa stands 3,477 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Hopewell, a ghost town 2.4 miles away. Wild Rivers Back Country Scenic Byway passes 30 miles off. 107 named places lie within 25 miles, 47 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q49039614, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3232 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.74307, -106.23975

107 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 47
Springs: 21
  • Moeller Spring: 4.1 mi
  • Spring Number One: 6.3 mi
  • Warm Spring: 6.5 mi
  • Yolanda Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Butterfly Spring: 7.6 mi
Parks: 8
Cliffs: 5
  • Brazos Cliffs: 8.5 mi
  • Brazos Cliffs: 9.5 mi
  • Brazos Cliffs: 10.2 mi
  • Brazos Cliffs: 10.4 mi
  • Brazos Cliffs: 10.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Brazos Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Brazos Falls: 10.7 mi
Museums: 2
Historic sites: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Bull: 21.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jawbone Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grouse MesaWNW 303°3,477 m11.1 mi
Brazos PeakWNW 300°3,440 m9.1 mi
Pinorealosa MountainNNW 341°3,343 m23.2 mi
Canjilon MountainSSW 207°3,326 m13.6 mi
San Antonio MountainENE 57°3,326 m14.6 mi
Neff MountainNNW 331°3,318 m22.7 mi
Osier MountainNNW 347°3,272 m19.7 mi
Peñasco AmarilloWSW 254°3,233 m10.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4319:17
June solstice05:4719:4920:28
September equinox06:5418:2919:03
December solstice07:1516:1316:53

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252835425161666457463526
Precip in2.01.71.91.51.80.82.02.82.11.71.71.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brazos Lodge, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357595333

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