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Lookout Point

Lookout Point, seen from above at true elevation

Lookout Point rises to 2,307 m in New Mexico. Black Peak stands 2,745 m to the southeast, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Scott Peak, a peak 2.0 miles away. Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway passes 0.7 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
2307 m

How to reach it

Coordinates32.96785, -108.23283

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 53
  • Moore Spring: 2.1 mi
  • Pipeline Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Big Trap Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Little Pipe Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Hells Canyon Spring: 4.3 mi
Parks: 15
  • Hidden Park: 11.6 mi
  • Silver City Ballpark: 12.1 mi
  • Virginia Street Park: 13.0 mi
  • Penny Park: 13.3 mi
  • Bataan Memorial Park: 13.3 mi
Museums: 5
  • Pinos Altos Historical Museum: 7.0 mi
  • Western New Mexico University Museum: 13.5 mi
  • Billy the Kid Cabin: 13.9 mi
  • Silver CIty Museum: 13.9 mi
  • Mimbres Culture Heritage Site Museum: 17.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • King Bolt Pit: 14.3 mi
  • North Pit: 14.5 mi
  • Raven Pitt: 14.6 mi
  • Adonis Pit: 14.7 mi
  • Comanche Pit: 14.8 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Artworks: 3
  • W: 9.8 mi
  • Penny Park Mosaics: 13.3 mi
  • C: 15.3 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Ben Lilly Memorial: 4.9 mi
  • Grudging Cabin: 18.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Hot springs: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Silva Creek Botanical Garden: 13.0 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black PeakSE 135°2,745 m5.7 mi
Signal PeakSE 135°2,737 m4.3 mi
Twin SistersSSE 150°2,524 m6.0 mi
Scott PeakSE 143°2,521 m2.0 mi
Twin SistersSSE 153°2,495 m6.1 mi
Brushy MountainNNW 344°2,480 m12.8 mi
Pinos Altos MountainS 184°2,473 m7.3 mi
Bear MountainSW 219°2,444 m11.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:5219:25
June solstice06:0619:4920:25
September equinox07:0218:3919:11
December solstice07:1316:3317:11

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444652586575767571615143
Precip in1.10.90.50.30.60.83.92.92.11.00.91.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Bayard, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357586807

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