Larkins Spring Mountain
Larkins Spring Mountain rises to 2,270 m in New Mexico. McKnight Mountain stands 3,092 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway passes 7.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Grant County, New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49043525, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,270 m
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway, National
- 9.4 mi off the Lake Valley Back Country Byway
- 12.1 mi off the Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway, National
- 23.6 mi off the El Camino Real, National
Overlooks nearby
- Emory Pass Vista · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Pine Flat Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Pine Spring Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Noonday Peak: 3.4 mi
- Thompson Cone: 3.6 mi
- Rock Spring: 8.0 mi
- Bald Hill Spring: 15.6 mi
- Magnum Spring: 16.2 mi
- Negro Bill Spring: 16.7 mi
- 6 B Spring: 16.7 mi
- Percha Bank Historic Site: 9.6 mi
- Lake Valley: 10.2 mi
- Tom Eby Storage Building Historic Site: 10.8 mi
- Luciana B Grijalva House Historic Site: 11.5 mi
- Acklin Store Historic Site: 11.8 mi
- Lake Valley: 10.1 mi
- Santa Rita: 19.6 mi
- Mowry City: 21.4 mi
- Nutt: 21.5 mi
- Mimbres River Tract Wildlife Area: 14.3 mi
- Bear Canyon Lake Wildlife Management Area: 17.3 mi
- Old Town Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 20.8 mi
- Black Range Museum: 13.4 mi
- Mimbres Culture Heritage Site Museum: 14.5 mi
- Gooseberry Park: 18.4 mi
- Victorio Park: 19.6 mi
- City of Rocks Desert Botanical Garden: 19.7 mi
- Butterfield Rest Area: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Larkins Spring Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKnight Mountain | NNW 339° | 3,092 m | 20.2 mi |
| Hillsboro Peak | NNW 345° | 3,053 m | 12.4 mi |
| Sawyers Peak | NNW 335° | 2,936 m | 7.4 mi |
| Cross-O Mountain | NNW 345° | 2,890 m | 10.9 mi |
| Granite Peak | N 352° | 2,830 m | 15.5 mi |
| Victorio Park Mountain | N 351° | 2,723 m | 20.8 mi |
| Seven Brothers Mountain | NNW 342° | 2,657 m | 6.0 mi |
| Cookes Peak | S 181° | 2,444 m | 16.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:50 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 19:47 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:37 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:32 | 17:09 |
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 | 40 | 44 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hillsboro, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 907854 — Larkins Spring Mountain, Grant County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357595931
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