Laughlin Peak
Laughlin Peak rises to 2,682 m in New Mexico. Pine Buttes stands 2,569 m to the south-southeast, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Hill, a peak 0.9 miles away. Santa Fe Trail passes 19 miles off.
The story
Laughlin Peak is a mountain in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q49043614, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,682 m
How to reach it
- 18.9 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
- 22.4 mi off the La Frontera del Llano Byway
- 96.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Hill: 0.9 mi
- Pine Buttes: 3.0 mi
- Raspberry Mountain: 3.6 mi
- The Crater: 4.0 mi
- Kiowa Mesa: 4.2 mi
- Dorsey Mansion State Monument: 9.6 mi
- Folsom State Monument: 18.8 mi
- Maxwell Park: 20.6 mi
- Fisher Park: 21.8 mi
- La Mesa Park: 22.2 mi
- Grave: 5.8 mi
- Sugarite Canyon State Park: 22.7 mi
- Coal Camp Ruins: 24.4 mi
- Folsom Museum: 21.2 mi
- Scouting Museum: 23.5 mi
- Raton Museum: 23.7 mi
- south finial: 23.7 mi
- north finial: 23.7 mi
- Raton: 24.0 mi
- Devils Point: 7.7 mi
- Prestons Point: 18.9 mi
- Folsom Museum Historic Site: 21.2 mi
- Star: 24.0 mi
- Sierra Grande Rest Area: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Laughlin Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Buttes | SSE 162° | 2,569 m | 3.0 mi |
| Palo Blanco Mountain | ESE 116° | 2,542 m | 6.4 mi |
| Capulin Mountain | NE 48° | 2,481 m | 16.3 mi |
| Jose Butte | NNE 30° | 2,471 m | 14.9 mi |
| Raspberry Mountain | SSW 206° | 2,462 m | 3.6 mi |
| Hunter Mesa | NNW 341° | 2,460 m | 16.4 mi |
| Robinson Peak | NE 36° | 2,452 m | 16.7 mi |
| The Crater | S 174° | 2,448 m | 4.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:41 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:05 | 16:45 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 41 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Capulin, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 890979 — Laughlin Peak, Colfax County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357576121
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