Monument Peak
Monument Peak rises to 1,697 m in New Mexico. Hillsboro Peak stands 3,053 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake Valley, a attraction 0.8 miles away. Lake Valley Back Country Byway passes 0.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49051245, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,697 m
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Lake Valley Back Country Byway
- 13.7 mi off the Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway, National
- 15.2 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 22.7 mi off the Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Emory Pass Vista · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Apache Hill: 1.2 mi
- Town Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Berrenda Mountain: 4.2 mi
- O Bar O Peak: 4.7 mi
- Lee Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Rock Spring: 14.0 mi
- Libby Spring: 14.8 mi
- Derry Warm Spring: 16.8 mi
- 6 B Spring: 21.8 mi
- Bald Hill Spring: 22.1 mi
- Lake Valley: 0.8 mi
- Tom Eby Storage Building Historic Site: 14.1 mi
- Percha Bank Historic Site: 16.3 mi
- Trinidad Andazola House Historic Site: 19.3 mi
- Ramon Baca House Historic Site: 19.3 mi
- Lake Valley: 0.9 mi
- Nutt: 11.8 mi
- Santa Barbara: 23.5 mi
- Black Range Museum: 13.9 mi
- Village of Hatch Museum: 23.5 mi
- Caballo Mountains Historic Marker: 21.3 mi
- Hatch Historical Marker: 23.5 mi
- Uvas Valley Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 22.3 mi
- Old Town Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.9 miles of Monument Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsboro Peak | NW 321° | 3,053 m | 20.8 mi |
| Sawyers Peak | NW 309° | 2,936 m | 17.0 mi |
| Cross-O Mountain | NW 319° | 2,890 m | 19.5 mi |
| Granite Peak | NNW 328° | 2,830 m | 22.9 mi |
| Seven Brothers Mountain | NW 310° | 2,657 m | 15.5 mi |
| Cookes Peak | SW 220° | 2,444 m | 16.3 mi |
| Thompson Cone | WNW 303° | 2,396 m | 13.7 mi |
| Pine Flat Mountain | WNW 298° | 2,385 m | 11.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:50 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 19:46 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:36 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:31 | 17:09 |
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 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hillsboro, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357577360
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