Little Black Mountain
Little Black Mountain rises to 1,318 m in New Mexico. Organ Needle stands 2,708 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Santo Tomas Mountain, a peak 3.4 miles away. El Camino Real passes 4.1 miles off. 151 named places lie within 25 miles, 44 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49044667, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,318 m
How to reach it
- 4.1 mi off the El Camino Real, National
151 named places within 25 miles
- Valle del Rio Park: 6.3 mi
- Valtierra Ball Park: 8.5 mi
- Town Hall Park: 10.3 mi
- Tellbrook Park: 10.4 mi
- Salopek/Stull Park: 10.4 mi
- Santo Tomas Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Black Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Black Mesa: 3.7 mi
- Vado Hill: 9.1 mi
- Bishop Cap: 12.0 mi
- SFC Antonio Rey "Rod" Rodriguez Memorial Interchange: 10.3 mi
- Frank Bromilow Mall Commemorative Plaque: 11.2 mi
- Old Main: 11.3 mi
- Desert Pride Accademy: 12.6 mi
- Seismic Laboratory: 12.6 mi
- The Gadsen Museum: 10.5 mi
- NMSU University Museum: 11.4 mi
- NMSU University Art Museum: 11.5 mi
- Las Cruces Railroad Museum: 12.9 mi
- New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum: 12.9 mi
- Clock Tower at NMSU: 11.2 mi
- 1912 Murray Corliss Steam Engine Restoration Project: 11.2 mi
- Weston Engine Co. Painted Post NY: 11.2 mi
- The Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 11.2 mi
- Class of 1931 Commemorative: 11.3 mi
- El Milagro: 9.5 mi
- Pat Garrett's Grave: 12.4 mi
- World's Largest Chili Pepper: 13.1 mi
- La Union Maze: 16.4 mi
- Sandia Gulch Begin: 16.7 mi
- Dripping Springs: 19.0 mi
- Filmore Spring: 19.7 mi
- Middle Spring: 19.9 mi
- Mine House Spring: 20.1 mi
- Kilbourne Hole ACEC: 14.4 mi
- Charlie Wakeem/Richard Teschner Nature Preserve of Resler Canyon: 24.7 mi
- The Tooth: 20.3 mi
- Southern Comfort Wall: 20.7 mi
- Lanark: 10.6 mi
- Rest Area I-10 (West Bound): 14.7 mi
- Fillmore waterfall: 19.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Little Black Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organ Needle | NE 41° | 2,708 m | 20.5 mi |
| Organ Peak | NE 45° | 2,668 m | 20.2 mi |
| The Needles | NE 39° | 2,565 m | 20.6 mi |
| Baldy Peak | NE 45° | 2,564 m | 19.4 mi |
| Granite Peak | NE 48° | 2,554 m | 21.5 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | NE 43° | 2,443 m | 21.2 mi |
| Rabbit Ears | NE 36° | 2,440 m | 21.1 mi |
| Baylor Peak | NE 34° | 2,337 m | 22.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:47 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 19:41 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:33 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:30 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 49 | 55 | 62 | 71 | 80 | 82 | 81 | 75 | 64 | 52 | 44 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — State Univ, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 899722 — Little Black Mountain, Doña Ana County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357586063
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