Nipple Peak
Nipple Peak rises to 2,116 m in New Mexico. Laughlin Peak stands 2,682 m to the south-southeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Canyon Mesa, a peak 0.5 miles away. Santa Fe Trail passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49057058, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,116 m
How to reach it
- 13.5 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
- 29.8 mi off the La Frontera del Llano Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Cedar Canyon Mesa: 0.5 mi
- Round Mesa: 0.8 mi
- Troyburg Mesa: 1.6 mi
- Green Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Blosser Mesa: 2.8 mi
- Folsom State Monument: 12.9 mi
- La Mesa Park: 15.6 mi
- Optimist Park South: 15.7 mi
- Romero Park: 16.2 mi
- Roundhouse Memorial Park: 16.4 mi
- Grave: 12.3 mi
- Sugarite Canyon State Park: 15.1 mi
- Coal Camp Ruins: 16.8 mi
- New Mexico / Colorado state line: 23.1 mi
- Scouting Museum: 16.5 mi
- Raton Museum: 16.7 mi
- Folsom Museum: 18.3 mi
- south finial: 16.7 mi
- north finial: 16.7 mi
- Raton: 17.0 mi
- Prestons Point: 12.7 mi
- Devils Point: 15.4 mi
- Star: 17.0 mi
- Folsom Museum Historic Site: 18.2 mi
- Yankee: 15.6 mi
- Sierra Grande Rest Area: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Nipple Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laughlin Peak | SSE 166° | 2,682 m | 7.9 mi |
| Johnson Mesa | NNW 333° | 2,636 m | 13.5 mi |
| Towndrow Peak | N 349° | 2,625 m | 11.8 mi |
| Dale Mountain | N 7° | 2,588 m | 13.3 mi |
| Pine Buttes | SSE 165° | 2,569 m | 10.9 mi |
| Palo Blanco Mountain | SE 144° | 2,542 m | 13.0 mi |
| Madrid Peak | NNE 13° | 2,498 m | 14.2 mi |
| Capulin Mountain | ENE 77° | 2,486 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:41 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 16:05 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 41 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Capulin, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357586333
Take the scenic way to Nipple Peak.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.