Nipple Hill
Nipple Hill rises to 1,535 m in New Mexico. Portal High Point stands 2,613 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Limestone Hill, a peak 1.9 miles away.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49057036, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,535 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Limestone Hill: 1.9 mi
- Red Hill: 2.5 mi
- Gray Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Little Tank Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Indian Peak: 5.0 mi
- Maverick Spring: 12.2 mi
- Cienega Spring: 14.8 mi
- Hummingbird Spring: 15.0 mi
- Dripping Spring: 16.1 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 16.1 mi
- Pratt Post Office (historical): 3.8 mi
- Smugglers Trail Historical Marker: 6.0 mi
- Playas Siding: 16.3 mi
- Explosives Shack: 17.3 mi
- Roush Ranch (Site): 19.1 mi
- Jhus Falls: 21.7 mi
- Lower Cave Creek Falls: 22.2 mi
- Upper Cave Creek Falls: 22.3 mi
- Winn Falls: 22.4 mi
- North Fork Falls: 22.5 mi
- Tractor Minion: 13.7 mi
- Gardening Minions: 13.7 mi
- Motorcycle Minion: 13.7 mi
- Boat Minions: 13.7 mi
- Wagon Wheel: 16.3 mi
- Ned Hall Community Park: 9.5 mi
- Maple Camp: 19.0 mi
- Bird watching area: 19.2 mi
- Pine Park: 21.6 mi
- BLM: 10.2 mi
- Granite Gap Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 15.5 mi
- May Memorial Wildlife Area: 18.5 mi
- Manhattan Claims: 22.0 mi
- Astronomer's Paradise: 16.0 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 23.3 mi
- Geronimo Surrender Monument: 23.3 mi
- Chiricahua Desert Museum: 9.3 mi
- The Lost Arcade: 9.8 mi
- Cowboy Rim: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Nipple Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portal High Point | W 264° | 2,613 m | 16.4 mi |
| Portal Peak | W 264° | 2,604 m | 16.0 mi |
| Horseshoe Peak | WSW 258° | 2,451 m | 19.9 mi |
| Sulphur Peak | WSW 256° | 2,446 m | 18.8 mi |
| Silver Peak | W 273° | 2,431 m | 18.7 mi |
| Mount Sceloporus | W 272° | 2,413 m | 18.3 mi |
| Darnell Peak | WSW 253° | 2,258 m | 16.2 mi |
| Gillespie Mountain | SE 143° | 2,218 m | 19.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:20 | 17:55 | 18:27 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| September equinox | 06:04 | 17:41 | 18:14 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:39 | 17:16 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 48 | 54 | 61 | 70 | 79 | 80 | 78 | 73 | 63 | 52 | 44 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Animas 3ese, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357588285
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