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Mud Spring Mountain

Mud Spring Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Mud Spring Mountain rises to 2,083 m in New Mexico. Seventyfour Mountain stands 2,354 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Dry Section Mountain, a peak 2.4 miles away. Black Hills Back Country Byway passes 27 miles off.

The story

mountain in New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q49055555, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2083 m

How to reach it

Coordinates32.97868, -108.81478

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Warm Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Agate Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Horse Pasture Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Dark Thunder Spring: 10.1 mi
  • McNaire Spring: 10.8 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Parks: 4
Historic sites: 3
  • Graves: 9.0 mi
  • Leopold Vista Historical Monument: 14.2 mi
  • Old Virden School: 22.7 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Greenlee County Fairgrounds: 23.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Frisco Camp Picnic Site: 24.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Mud Spring Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Seventyfour MountainNE 38°2,354 m17.4 mi
Brushy MountainW 275°2,320 m8.5 mi
Maverick HillWNW 283°2,280 m14.5 mi
McMullen PeakWNW 282°2,271 m13.4 mi
Tillie Hall PeakW 273°2,222 m11.0 mi
Yellowjacket PeakW 266°2,147 m11.0 mi
Big Lue MountainsWNW 291°2,139 m18.1 mi
Dry Section MountainWSW 253°2,127 m2.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5519:27
June solstice06:0819:5120:28
September equinox07:0418:4119:13
December solstice07:1516:3617:13

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424652576574797872615042
Precip in1.00.80.60.20.40.42.62.11.71.00.71.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Redrock 1 NNE, 20 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 892304 — Mud Spring Mountain, Grant County, New Mexico.

OpenStreetMap element node/357577510

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