Potato Knob
Potato Knob rises to 2,407 m in New Mexico. Cathey Peak stands 2,941 m to the east-southeast, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Stark Peak, a peak 1.9 miles away. Sunspot Scenic Byway passes 2.3 miles off. 86 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in New Mexico, United States of America
Wikidata Q49063789, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2407 m
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Sunspot Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
86 named places within 25 miles
- Stark Peak: 1.9 mi
- Long Ridge: 2.0 mi
- Cathey Peak: 2.6 mi
- Mule Peak: 2.7 mi
- Sacramento Peak: 3.0 mi
- Paiute Park: 6.7 mi
- Silverado Park: 7.0 mi
- Las Alturas Park: 7.3 mi
- Mimosa Park: 7.4 mi
- Valencia Park: 7.6 mi
- The Alamogordo "A": 6.6 mi
- German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Tornado PA-200: 8.0 mi
- X-7A: 8.0 mi
- USAF Space Plane 001: 8.1 mi
- XQ-4A: 8.1 mi
- New Mexico Museum of Space History: 8.0 mi
- Tularosa Basin Museum of History: 8.7 mi
- Toy Train Depot: 9.3 mi
- Sacramento Mountains Historical Society Museum: 10.7 mi
- White Sands National Park: 20.1 mi
- Antarctic Telescope: 3.1 mi
- Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor: 13.9 mi
- Giant Pistachio: 14.6 mi
- Sacramento mountains murle: 16.3 mi
- Alamogordo Astronaut Memorial: 8.0 mi
- Grave of Ham the Astrochimp: 8.0 mi
- Alamogordo Founders Park: 8.7 mi
- Sacramento Columbarium: 16.2 mi
- Astronaut Memorial Garden: 8.0 mi
- Alamogordo Community Garden: 8.5 mi
- Prayer garden: 16.2 mi
- Karr Spring: 5.0 mi
- Trestle Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Potato Knob. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cathey Peak | ESE 123° | 2,941 m | 2.6 mi |
| Sacramento Peak | SSE 161° | 2,821 m | 3.0 mi |
| Alamo Peak | NNE 25° | 2,820 m | 3.4 mi |
| Prestridge Hill | E 93° | 2,638 m | 11.6 mi |
| Jefferies Peak | SE 139° | 2,591 m | 16.7 mi |
| Seep Peak | ESE 102° | 2,486 m | 15.8 mi |
| Mule Peak | WSW 239° | 2,462 m | 2.7 mi |
| Long Ridge | W 267° | 2,446 m | 2.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 19:39 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:29 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:24 | 17:02 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 38 | 45 | 52 | 60 | 60 | 59 | 55 | 47 | 38 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cloudcroft, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1988159 — Potato Knob, Otero County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357621564
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