Potato Mountain
Potato Mountain rises to 2,226 m in New Mexico. Fishers Peak stands 2,920 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugarite Canyon State Park, a historic site 1.9 miles away. Santa Fe Trail passes 3.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49063804, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,226 m
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
- 20.6 mi off the Scenic Highway of Legends, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Johnson Mesa: 1.9 mi
- Goat Hill: 5.0 mi
- Hunter Mesa: 5.1 mi
- Towndrow Peak: 5.4 mi
- Black Mesa: 5.5 mi
- Sugarite Canyon State Park: 3.8 mi
- Romero Park: 4.0 mi
- Optimist Park East: 4.3 mi
- Roundhouse Memorial Park: 4.4 mi
- Heritage Park: 4.6 mi
- Scouting Museum: 4.6 mi
- Raton Museum: 4.7 mi
- Baca Pioneer Museum: 20.7 mi
- A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art: 20.7 mi
- Trinidad History Museum: 20.7 mi
- Sugarite Canyon State Park: 1.9 mi
- Coal Camp Ruins: 3.7 mi
- New Mexico / Colorado state line: 10.0 mi
- Grave: 23.7 mi
- The Ludlow Massacre: 24.2 mi
- north finial: 4.7 mi
- south finial: 4.7 mi
- Raton: 5.0 mi
- Star: 5.0 mi
- Folsom Museum Historic Site: 24.4 mi
- Fishers Peak State Park: 12.9 mi
- Trinidad Lake State Park: 20.5 mi
- Prestons Point: 14.9 mi
- Prospect Point: 21.5 mi
- El Moro Rest Area: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Potato Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishers Peak | NNW 337° | 2,920 m | 15.3 mi |
| Fishers Peak Mesa | NNW 338° | 2,887 m | 14.0 mi |
| Little Fishers Peak Mesa | NNW 348° | 2,747 m | 10.3 mi |
| Bartlett Mesa | NNW 327° | 2,709 m | 8.0 mi |
| Burro Mesa | N 3° | 2,666 m | 10.6 mi |
| Horse Mesa | N 6° | 2,662 m | 6.8 mi |
| Bobblers Knob | NNW 341° | 2,661 m | 7.7 mi |
| Johnson Mesa | NE 50° | 2,636 m | 1.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:42 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| 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 | 33 | 35 | 41 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Raton Fltr PLT, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 893435 — Potato Mountain, Colfax County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357578460
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