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Limestone Hill

Limestone Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Limestone Hill rises to 1,429 m in New Mexico. Portal High Point stands 2,613 m to the west-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Nipple Hill, a peak 1.9 miles away.

About

The story

mountain in New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q49044295, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1429 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates31.91620, -108.86589
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 44
  • Maverick Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Cienega Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Hummingbird Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Able Seep: 16.9 mi
  • Allen Seep: 17.1 mi
Historic sites: 12
Nature reserves: 12
  • BLM: 11.9 mi
  • BLM: 12.4 mi
  • Granite Gap Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 14.2 mi
  • BLM: 17.6 mi
  • BLM: 17.9 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Jhus Falls: 22.1 mi
  • Lower Cave Creek Falls: 23.2 mi
  • Winn Falls: 23.3 mi
  • Upper Cave Creek Falls: 23.3 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 23.3 mi
Artworks: 5
  • Tractor Minion: 14.4 mi
  • Gardening Minions: 14.4 mi
  • Motorcycle Minion: 14.4 mi
  • Boat Minions: 14.4 mi
  • Wagon Wheel: 17.0 mi
Parks: 4
  • Ned Hall Community Park: 10.9 mi
  • Bird watching area: 20.0 mi
  • Maple Camp: 20.0 mi
  • Pine Park: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Museums: 2
Attractions: 1
  • Astronomer's Paradise: 14.4 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Limestone Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Portal High PointWSW 258°2,613 m17.4 mi
Portal PeakWSW 258°2,604 m17.0 mi
Sulphur PeakWSW 252°2,446 m20.0 mi
Silver PeakW 268°2,431 m19.4 mi
Mount SceloporusW 267°2,413 m19.0 mi
Darnell PeakWSW 248°2,258 m17.5 mi
Gillespie MountainSSE 148°2,218 m20.6 mi
Reed MountainW 262°2,151 m19.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2017:5518:27
June solstice05:1118:4919:25
September equinox06:0417:4118:14
December solstice07:1316:3917:16

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444854617079807873635244
Precip in0.70.50.40.20.20.52.31.91.01.00.61.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Animas 3ese, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357588279

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