Lookout Hill
Lookout Hill rises to 1,606 m in New Mexico. Mount Clayton stands 2,016 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Clayton Lake State Park and Dinosaur Trackways, a park 6.8 miles away. Santa Fe Trail passes 6.3 miles off. 32 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Union County, New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49046537, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,606 m
How to reach it
- 6.3 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
- 102.9 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
32 named places within 25 miles
- Rabbit Ear Mesa: 9.0 mi
- Rabbit Ear Mountain: 9.0 mi
- Bible Top Butte: 10.3 mi
- Mount Dora: 14.8 mi
- Peacock Hill: 18.3 mi
- Eklund Hotel Historic Site: 14.8 mi
- Herzstein Memorial Museum Historic Site: 14.8 mi
- Union County Courthouse Historic Site: 15.0 mi
- Petrified Log Exhibit: 23.2 mi
- Santa Fe Trail Cimarron Route: 13.6 mi
- Site of Old Fort Nichols: 18.3 mi
- Black Mesa: 22.9 mi
- Clayton Lake State Park and Dinosaur Trackways: 6.8 mi
- Rita Blanca Wildlife Management Area: 16.2 mi
- Black Bluff: 19.4 mi
- Kenton Museum: 22.5 mi
- Black Mesa Nature Preserve: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lookout Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Clayton | WSW 248° | 2,016 m | 22.7 mi |
| Horseshoe Mountain | WSW 245° | 1,916 m | 22.9 mi |
| Mount Dora | WSW 236° | 1,912 m | 14.8 mi |
| Kilburn Hills | WSW 243° | 1,871 m | 20.9 mi |
| Rabbit Ear Mountain | S 183° | 1,844 m | 9.0 mi |
| Rabbit Ear Mesa | S 183° | 1,833 m | 9.0 mi |
| Sand Mesa | W 261° | 1,821 m | 19.9 mi |
| Cinder Mountain | WSW 236° | 1,779 m | 20.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:37 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:01 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 37 | 44 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clayton 1 N, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 908178 — Lookout Hill, Union County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357596206
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