Patos Mountain
Patos Mountain rises to 2,492 m in New Mexico. White Horse Hill stands 3,111 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is White Oaks, a ghost town 4.2 miles away. Billy the Kid Trail passes 15 miles off. 81 named places lie within 25 miles, 56 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49060154, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,492 m
How to reach it
- 14.7 mi off the Billy the Kid Trail, National
81 named places within 25 miles
- Castle Garden Mesa: 4.8 mi
- Goat Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Carrizo Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Carrizo Peak: 5.3 mi
- Blue Hill: 5.5 mi
- Valle del Sol Park: 13.4 mi
- Spencer Park: 13.9 mi
- Carrizozo Arts Park: 14.1 mi
- City Park: 14.2 mi
- Valley of Fires State Park: 14.6 mi
- White Oaks Schoolhouse Museum: 4.3 mi
- White Oaks Miner's Home/Tool Shed Museum: 4.4 mi
- Carrizozo Heritage Museum: 13.8 mi
- Frozen Food Locker Museum: 13.8 mi
- Smokey Bear Museum: 14.7 mi
- White Oaks: 4.2 mi
- Robsart: 9.8 mi
- Ancho: 14.0 mi
- Ancho Railroad Depot Historic Site: 14.1 mi
- Lincoln County Courthouse Historic Site: 23.4 mi
- Roswell crash site (1947): 24.5 mi
- Donkey Statue: 14.1 mi
- Roswell UFO Monument: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Patos Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Horse Hill | SSW 205° | 3,111 m | 24.0 mi |
| Summit Peak | ESE 119° | 3,103 m | 19.8 mi |
| Nogal Peak | SSW 205° | 2,966 m | 18.9 mi |
| Monjeau Peak | S 190° | 2,942 m | 22.0 mi |
| Carrizo Mountain | SW 225° | 2,932 m | 5.3 mi |
| Carrizo Peak | SW 225° | 2,932 m | 5.3 mi |
| Padilla Point | ESE 123° | 2,930 m | 17.1 mi |
| Granite Knob | S 190° | 2,906 m | 22.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 19:40 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:21 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 41 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 63 | 54 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Capitan, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357597586
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