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Nipple Hill

Nipple Hill, seen from above at true elevation

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.

About

The story

mountain in New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q49057036, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1535 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates31.89009, -108.87839
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 49
  • 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
Historic sites: 12
Nature reserves: 12
  • BLM: 10.2 mi
  • BLM: 10.6 mi
  • Granite Gap Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 15.5 mi
  • BLM: 17.2 mi
  • BLM: 17.6 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • 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
Artworks: 5
  • 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
Parks: 4
  • Ned Hall Community Park: 9.5 mi
  • Maple Camp: 19.0 mi
  • Bird watching area: 19.2 mi
  • Pine Park: 21.6 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Astronomer's Paradise: 16.0 mi
  • Devil's Kitchen: 23.3 mi
  • Geronimo Surrender Monument: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Museums: 2
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Nipple Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Portal High PointW 264°2,613 m16.4 mi
Portal PeakW 264°2,604 m16.0 mi
Horseshoe PeakWSW 258°2,451 m19.9 mi
Sulphur PeakWSW 256°2,446 m18.8 mi
Silver PeakW 273°2,431 m18.7 mi
Mount SceloporusW 272°2,413 m18.3 mi
Darnell PeakWSW 253°2,258 m16.2 mi
Gillespie MountainSE 143°2,218 m19.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2017:5518:27
June solstice05:1118:4919:25
September equinox06:0417:4118:14
December solstice07:1316:3917:16

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444854617079807873635244
Precip in0.70.50.40.20.20.52.31.91.01.00.61.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Animas 3ese, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357588285

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