McKittrick Hill
McKittrick Hill rises to 1,309 m in New Mexico. Dinner Hill stands 1,952 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Azotea Peak, a peak 0.2 miles away. Guadalupe Back Country Byway passes 4.7 miles off. 83 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49048932, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,309 m
How to reach it
- 4.7 mi off the Guadalupe Back Country Byway
83 named places within 25 miles
- Living Desert Zoo & Gardens: 12.1 mi
- Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park: 12.3 mi
- Carlsbad Youth Sports Complex: 12.5 mi
- South 8th Street Neighborhood Park: 12.8 mi
- West Carlsbad Recreation Area: 13.2 mi
- Azotea Peak: 0.2 mi
- Nagooltee Peak: 2.0 mi
- Cone Butte: 4.5 mi
- Lookout Point: 4.7 mi
- Old Ranch Knoll: 5.0 mi
- La Cueva Non-Motorized Trail System: 11.0 mi
- Blue Spring Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 17.1 mi
- Parks Ranch Caves: 18.9 mi
- Chosa Draw Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 19.2 mi
- M-42 Duster: 14.9 mi
- Time Capsule: 15.1 mi
- Alejandro R Ruiz Memorial: 15.1 mi
- Flying Paper Boy of the Guadalupes: 19.7 mi
- McGruder Spring: 8.3 mi
- Lassiter Spring: 9.1 mi
- Jurnigan Spring: 12.7 mi
- Wildcat Bluff: 15.1 mi
- Telltale Bluffs: 17.1 mi
- Culebra Bluff: 24.5 mi
- The Reader: 14.4 mi
- The Artist Gallery Carlsbad NM: 14.6 mi
- Queen: 20.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of McKittrick Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dinner Hill | SSW 213° | 1,952 m | 19.4 mi |
| Ares Peak | WSW 249° | 1,757 m | 20.4 mi |
| Texas Hill | W 277° | 1,689 m | 20.5 mi |
| Thayer Hill | SW 217° | 1,687 m | 15.9 mi |
| The Pinnacle | SW 216° | 1,668 m | 15.9 mi |
| Burro Hill | WNW 291° | 1,437 m | 16.1 mi |
| Lookout Point | W 267° | 1,421 m | 4.7 mi |
| Bandanna Point | WSW 240° | 1,406 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 19:33 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:24 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:20 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 79 | 80 | 77 | 71 | 62 | 51 | 44 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dark Canyon Road, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357576935
Day trips start here
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park · 17 mi
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