Mexican Hat
Mexican Hat rises to 1,645 m in New Mexico. Gray Mountain stands 2,108 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Goat Mountain, a peak 0.2 miles away.
The story
mountain in New Mexico, United States of America
Wikidata Q49049692, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1645 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Goat Mountain: 0.2 mi
- Lightning Dock Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Kirk Peak: 3.2 mi
- South Pyramid Peak: 3.9 mi
- Negrohead: 4.2 mi
- Able Seep: 0.5 mi
- Allen Seep: 0.6 mi
- Rockhouse Seep: 5.9 mi
- Canteen Spring: 24.8 mi
- Shakespeare: 12.8 mi
- Steins: 15.1 mi
- Separ: 19.8 mi
- Old Hachita: 24.4 mi
- Shakespeare Historical Marker: 12.8 mi
- Smugglers Trail Historical Marker: 13.4 mi
- Playas Siding: 14.2 mi
- Pratt Post Office (historical): 16.0 mi
- Astronomer's Paradise: 10.1 mi
- Shakespeare Ghost Town Tours: 12.8 mi
- Hidalgo County Courthouse Historic Site: 14.6 mi
- Lordsburg Hidalgo County Museum: 14.6 mi
- Chiricahua Desert Museum: 24.9 mi
- Short Park: 14.7 mi
- McComas Incident Historical Marker: 24.9 mi
- San Simon Rest Area: 20.7 mi
- San Simon Rest Area: 20.7 mi
- Granite Gap Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 13.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Mexican Hat. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gray Mountain | SSW 208° | 2,108 m | 20.9 mi |
| Gold Hill | NNE 33° | 1,982 m | 23.4 mi |
| Walker Mountain | NE 36° | 1,897 m | 22.3 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | NNE 17° | 1,827 m | 7.0 mi |
| Pratt Peak | SW 225° | 1,803 m | 16.3 mi |
| South Pyramid Peak | SE 138° | 1,782 m | 3.9 mi |
| Steins Peak | NW 308° | 1,782 m | 21.6 mi |
| Indian Peak | SSW 202° | 1,761 m | 23.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:20 | 17:55 | 18:27 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| September equinox | 06:04 | 17:41 | 18:13 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:38 | 17:15 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 53 | 60 | 69 | 78 | 81 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lordsburg 4 SE, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 891922 — Mexican Hat, Hidalgo County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357577106
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