Piñon Hills
Piñon Hills rises to 2,147 m in New Mexico. Laughlin Peak stands 2,682 m to the east-northeast, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Cerro Ermitano, a peak 1.1 miles away. Santa Fe Trail passes 16 miles off.
The story
mountain in New Mexico, United States of America
Wikidata Q49062490, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2147 m
How to reach it
- 16.4 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
- 18.7 mi off the La Frontera del Llano Byway
- 89.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Cerro Ermitano: 1.1 mi
- Turkey Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Shoemaker Hill: 2.7 mi
- Margarito Peak: 3.3 mi
- Tres Hermanos Peak: 3.5 mi
- Dorsey Mansion State Monument: 8.5 mi
- Willow Springs Historical Marker: 12.3 mi
- View of the Rocks Historical Marker: 13.2 mi
- Point of Rocks Historical Marker: 13.2 mi
- Maxwell Park: 13.6 mi
- Russell’s Truck & Car Muzeum: 18.4 mi
- Santa Fe Trail Interpretive Center: 21.9 mi
- Scouting Museum: 23.7 mi
- Raton Museum: 23.9 mi
- Grave: 2.8 mi
- Old Colfax County Courhouse: 21.9 mi
- Sugarite Canyon State Park: 24.1 mi
- south finial: 23.9 mi
- north finial: 23.9 mi
- Raton: 24.1 mi
- Devils Point: 6.9 mi
- Prestons Point: 24.7 mi
- Farley: 21.1 mi
- Star: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Piñon Hills. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laughlin Peak | ENE 61° | 2,682 m | 7.3 mi |
| Pine Buttes | E 85° | 2,569 m | 7.4 mi |
| Palo Blanco Mountain | E 87° | 2,542 m | 12.1 mi |
| Raspberry Mountain | E 87° | 2,462 m | 4.8 mi |
| Hunter Mesa | N 3° | 2,460 m | 19.1 mi |
| The Crater | E 94° | 2,448 m | 6.8 mi |
| Trujillo Mesa | ESE 102° | 2,435 m | 7.7 mi |
| Dry Mesa | NNE 24° | 2,429 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:41 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:06 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 40 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 38 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maxwell 3 NW, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 893310 — Piñon Hills, Colfax County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357578332
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