Lone Mountain
Lone Mountain rises to 2,634 m in New Mexico. Alegres Mountain stands 3,102 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Castle Dome, a peak 1.0 miles away. Chain of Craters Back Country Byway passes 27 miles off. 52 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 of them named summits.
The story
Hill in Catron County, New Mexico, USA.
Wikidata Q49046140, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,634 m
How to reach it
- 27.2 mi off the Chain of Craters Back Country Byway
52 named places within 25 miles
- Castle Dome: 1.0 mi
- Capital Dome: 1.5 mi
- Monument Rock: 2.7 mi
- Red Peak: 3.2 mi
- Davenport Lookout: 7.1 mi
- White Mesa: 12.1 mi
- Dead Horse Mesa: 12.8 mi
- Cal Ship Mesa: 13.8 mi
- Blue Mesa: 18.1 mi
- Maverick Spring: 12.6 mi
- San Jose Spring: 20.6 mi
- Greens Gap: 16.0 mi
- Mangas: 19.4 mi
- The Lightning Field: 14.4 mi
- Lightning Field: 15.2 mi
- Mangas Schoolhouse: 20.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lone Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alegres Mountain | SW 221° | 3,102 m | 13.9 mi |
| Mangas Mountain | SW 221° | 2,925 m | 23.7 mi |
| Madre Mountain | E 95° | 2,870 m | 8.2 mi |
| Davenport Lookout | ESE 104° | 2,851 m | 7.1 mi |
| Horse Mountain | SSW 193° | 2,850 m | 23.5 mi |
| Horse Peak | SSW 193° | 2,826 m | 23.5 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SSE 167° | 2,787 m | 13.4 mi |
| Little Alegres Mountain | SW 219° | 2,776 m | 17.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:51 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 19:51 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:37 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:28 | 17:07 |
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 | 35 | 41 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 68 | 66 | 61 | 51 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pietown 19ne, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357596182
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