Massacre Peak
Massacre Peak rises to 1,690 m in New Mexico. Cookes Peak stands 2,444 m to the north-northwest, 7.2 miles off. Lake Valley Back Country Byway passes 15 miles off. 66 named places lie within 25 miles, 39 of them named summits.
The story
Massacre Peak, a summit at an elevation of 5,667 feet (1,727 m) in the Cookes Range in Luna County, New Mexico.
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Wikidata Q16894744, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,690 m
How to reach it
- 14.6 mi off the Lake Valley Back Country Byway
- 27.6 mi off the Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway, National
- 28.7 mi off the Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway, National
66 named places within 25 miles
- Cookes Peak: 7.2 mi
- Mule Springs Peak: 12.7 mi
- Good Sight Peak: 13.0 mi
- Round Mountain: 13.3 mi
- Coyote Mountain: 14.1 mi
- Gonzales Park: 12.6 mi
- Northside Park: 12.8 mi
- Elsie Vega Park: 13.1 mi
- Lloyd Pratz Athletic Complex: 13.2 mi
- Triangle Park: 13.2 mi
- Christ Light Community Church: 13.2 mi
- Seaman Field House Historic Site: 13.2 mi
- Luna County Courthouse Historic Site: 13.5 mi
- Tom Eby Storage Building Historic Site: 13.8 mi
- Ramon Baca House Historic Site: 16.8 mi
- Mowry City: 14.7 mi
- Nutt: 15.9 mi
- Lake Valley: 19.9 mi
- Deming-Luna-Mimbres Museum: 13.2 mi
- Play Sharity Childrens Museum: 13.4 mi
- Old Town Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 14.8 mi
- Uvas Valley Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 16.4 mi
- Little Needles Eye: 17.1 mi
- Butterfield Rest Area: 18.1 mi
- City of Rocks Desert Botanical Garden: 20.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cookes Peak | NNW 333° | 2,444 m | 7.2 mi |
| Pine Flat Mountain | N 352° | 2,385 m | 24.8 mi |
| Larkins Spring Mountain | N 353° | 2,270 m | 23.3 mi |
| Florida Peak | S 172° | 2,266 m | 22.4 mi |
| Mimbres Peak | NW 320° | 2,259 m | 23.6 mi |
| Whitehorse Mountain | NW 320° | 2,259 m | 23.6 mi |
| P A Mountain | N 2° | 2,194 m | 24.1 mi |
| Noonday Peak | NNW 345° | 2,158 m | 24.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:50 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 19:46 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:36 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:33 | 17:10 |
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, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 891673 — Massacre Peak, Luna County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357576828
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