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Mount Walter

Mount Walter, a peak in New Mexico
Mount Walter, a peak in New MexicoFredlyfish4 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Walter, a peak in New Mexico
Fredlyfish4 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Walter, a peak in New Mexico
Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM · CC0
Mount Walter, a peak in New Mexico
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Mount Walter, a peak in New Mexico
David Herrera from Questa, NM, Bernalillo · CC BY 2.0
Mount Walter, a peak in New Mexico
Metlin at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Mount Walter rises to 3,996 m in New Mexico. Wheeler Peak stands 4,011 m to the south-southwest, 0.3 miles off. Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway passes 7.6 miles off.

About

The story

Mount Walter is the second highest named summit in the U.S. state of New Mexico, rising to 13,141 feet above sea level. However it is not usually counted as an independent mountain since it has only about 53 feet (16 m) of topographic prominence, and is only 0.4 miles (0.6 km) north-northeast of Wheeler Peak, the highest peak in New Mexico. Both peaks lie in the Taos Mountains, a subrange of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, which is in turn a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. They are also in the Wheeler Peak Wilderness of Carson National Forest.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q6924474, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3996 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.56102, -105.41450

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 31
Historic sites: 23
Attractions: 19
Museums: 8
Springs: 5
  • Apache Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Crooked Creek Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Manby Hot Springs: 17.6 mi
  • Ponce de Leon Hot Springs: 19.5 mi
  • Rio Grande Spring: 24.0 mi
Artworks: 5
  • Eagle: 8.4 mi
  • Native Art: 12.8 mi
  • Questa Apple: 13.4 mi
  • Padre Antonio Jose Martinez: 13.9 mi
  • Red Horse: 14.5 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Cliffs: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Waterfalls: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Black Rock Hot Spring: 16.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Gorge Overlook Rest Stop: 18.8 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Mount Walter. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wheeler PeakSSW 204°4,011 m0.3 mi
Old Mike PeakSSE 158°3,989 m1.1 mi
Simpson PeakS 180°3,953 m0.8 mi
Lake Fork PeakWSW 247°3,929 m1.9 mi
Gold HillNNW 338°3,872 m6.1 mi
Red DomeSE 124°3,868 m1.6 mi
Vallecito MountainSW 235°3,848 m3.2 mi
Kachina PeakW 271°3,804 m1.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:4019:14
June solstice05:4419:4620:24
September equinox06:5018:2619:00
December solstice07:1116:1016:50

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222634404957626054433223
Precip in0.60.91.31.51.31.12.92.81.61.30.90.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eagle Nest, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357600097

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