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Lookout Peak

Lookout Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Lookout Peak rises to 3,026 m in New Mexico. Touch-Me-Not Mountain stands 3,670 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Burn Peak, a peak 0.9 miles away. Santa Fe Trail passes 7.8 miles off.

The story

mountain in New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q49046739, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3025.7 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.38818, -105.08570

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves: 15
Parks: 14
  • Cimarron Canyon State Park: 10.9 mi
  • Olympic Park: 11.2 mi
  • Gravel Pit Lakes: 11.3 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 12.1 mi
  • Cimarron Canyon Wildlife Area: 12.4 mi
Historic sites: 13
Attractions: 7
  • Homebound Ampitheater: 8.0 mi
  • Leadership School Campfire: 8.1 mi
  • Rayado: 8.8 mi
  • Covered Wagon: 9.0 mi
  • Welcome Wagon: 9.1 mi
Museums: 4
  • Kit Carson Museum: 8.8 mi
  • Villa Philmonte: 9.0 mi
  • Old Aztec Mill Museum: 12.1 mi
  • Eagle Nest Visitor Center & Gateway Museum: 14.9 mi
Artworks: 3
  • The Wonders of Discovery: 8.7 mi
  • Tipi: 12.1 mi
  • Eagle: 15.2 mi
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 2
  • Crooked Creek Spring: 4.3 mi
  • Apache Spring: 15.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Lookout Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Touch-Me-Not MountainNNW 335°3,670 m14.7 mi
Mount PhillipsNW 326°3,553 m7.4 mi
Bunkhouse Bare PointNNW 328°3,550 m7.2 mi
Tolby PeakNW 324°3,513 m8.6 mi
Comanche PeakNNW 333°3,445.2 m7.1 mi
Cuchillo de FernandoWSW 242°3,445 m17.3 mi
Green MountainNNW 333°3,403 m13.3 mi
Agua Fria PeakWSW 255°3,364 m7.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:12
June solstice05:4419:4420:22
September equinox06:4918:2518:59
December solstice07:0916:0916:49

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333542485766696761514033
Precip in0.70.61.01.51.71.73.03.11.81.20.60.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cimarron 4 SW, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/1592039819

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