Mineral Hill
Mineral Hill rises to 1,872 m in New Mexico. Organ Needle stands 2,708 m to the south-southwest, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Goat Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. El Camino Real passes 19 miles off. 148 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49050482, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,872 m
How to reach it
- 18.9 mi off the El Camino Real, National
148 named places within 25 miles
- Missile Park: 5.1 mi
- Organ Town Square: 5.3 mi
- Bicentennial Grove: 5.4 mi
- Volunteer Park: 5.4 mi
- Dripping Springs Natural Area: 9.3 mi
- Goat Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Antelope Hill: 1.9 mi
- San Augustin Peak: 3.0 mi
- Black Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Bear Peak: 4.3 mi
- Topp Hut: 8.0 mi
- Rock House: 10.5 mi
- George Russell Beasley House Remains: 11.2 mi
- Issac House: 11.3 mi
- Cistern: 11.6 mi
- V-2 Display Annex: 5.2 mi
- White Sands Missile Range Museum: 5.2 mi
- Space Murals Museum: 6.0 mi
- New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum: 16.0 mi
- NMSU University Art Museum: 18.1 mi
- Nike Missile: 3.4 mi
- NMSU: 17.8 mi
- The Traders: 18.1 mi
- Class of 1931 Commemorative: 18.2 mi
- The Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 18.3 mi
- La Cueva: 9.4 mi
- Pat Garrett's Grave: 19.0 mi
- World's Largest Chili Pepper: 19.7 mi
- Lucero Wash petroglyphs: 21.0 mi
- Sandia Gulch Begin: 22.1 mi
- Mine House Spring: 8.0 mi
- Middle Spring: 8.2 mi
- Filmore Spring: 8.6 mi
- Dripping Springs: 9.6 mi
- Southern Comfort Wall: 7.4 mi
- The Tooth: 7.9 mi
- North Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
- South Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Northbound: 24.5 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Southbound: 24.8 mi
- Fillmore waterfall: 8.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mineral Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organ Needle | SSW 200° | 2,708 m | 8.0 mi |
| Organ Peak | SSW 193° | 2,668 m | 8.8 mi |
| The Needles | SSW 206° | 2,565 m | 7.6 mi |
| Baldy Peak | SSW 196° | 2,564 m | 9.5 mi |
| Granite Peak | S 182° | 2,554 m | 8.4 mi |
| San Andres Peak | N 355° | 2,459 m | 15.4 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | SSW 193° | 2,443 m | 7.6 mi |
| Rabbit Ears | SSW 212° | 2,440 m | 6.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:46 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 19:41 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:32 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:28 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 44 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 77 | 80 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LAS Cruces 20 N, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 892098 — Mineral Hill, Doña Ana County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357577268
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