Massacre Peak
Massacre Peak rises to 1,608 m in New Mexico. Mesa Azur stands 2,002 m to the northeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is The Saddle Mountain, a peak 7.4 miles away. Lake Valley Back Country Byway passes 17 miles off. 54 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States of America
Wikidata Q49048237, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1608 m
How to reach it
- 17.1 mi off the Lake Valley Back Country Byway
- 18.9 mi off the El Camino Real, National
54 named places within 25 miles
- The Saddle Mountain: 7.4 mi
- Magdalena Peak: 9.4 mi
- Sugarloaf Peak: 9.4 mi
- Mesa Azur: 9.7 mi
- Bell Top Mountain: 11.5 mi
- Teako's Giants of Hatch: 20.5 mi
- Sandia Gulch End: 22.3 mi
- Sandia Gulch Begin: 22.8 mi
- Lucero Wash petroglyphs: 24.5 mi
- Rest Area I-10 (West Bound): 9.8 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Southbound: 23.0 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Northbound: 23.2 mi
- Uvas Valley Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 8.1 mi
- Rincon Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 23.8 mi
- Nutt: 16.9 mi
- Santa Barbara: 20.5 mi
- Hatch Historical Marker: 20.5 mi
- Mormon Battalion Historical Marker: 23.1 mi
- South Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
- North Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- Village of Hatch Museum: 20.5 mi
- Little Needles Eye: 22.8 mi
- Recycled Roadrunner Sculpture: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Massacre Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesa Azur | NE 37° | 2,002 m | 9.7 mi |
| Magdalena Peak | NE 37° | 1,984 m | 9.4 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | NNE 30° | 1,954 m | 9.4 mi |
| Tailholt Mountain | NE 40° | 1,838 m | 11.7 mi |
| Piña Peak | NNE 31° | 1,802 m | 13.3 mi |
| Robledo Mountain | E 80° | 1,788 m | 20.6 mi |
| Nutt Mountain | NNW 327° | 1,781 m | 19.6 mi |
| Sierra Alta | NNE 33° | 1,771 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:49 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 19:44 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:35 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 16:31 | 17:09 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 53 | 60 | 69 | 79 | 81 | 79 | 73 | 63 | 51 | 42 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Deming Muni AP, 28 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357576825
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