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Red Hill

Red Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Red Hill rises to 1,938 m in New Mexico. Flat Top Hill stands 2,087 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is White Rock, a peak 2.4 miles away. Trail of the Ancients - NM passes 2.8 miles off. 74 named places lie within 25 miles, 15 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in San Juan County, New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q49067393, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1938 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.08585, -108.25063

Overlooks nearby

74 named places within 25 miles

Attractions: 52
  • Chocolate Hoodoos: 12.0 mi
  • Flat Top: 12.5 mi
  • Cracked Eggs: 12.6 mi
  • Tabletops: 12.6 mi
  • Petrified Wood: 12.7 mi
Peaks: 15
Springs: 4
  • Rough Rock Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Grey Hill Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Big Thumb Spring: 20.5 mi
  • Toyee Spring: 20.6 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Penasco Blanco Great Kiva 1 antechambers: 13.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Flat Top HillS 187°2,087 m23.7 mi
Antelope Lookout MesaSSE 166°2,069 m20.7 mi
Chacra MesaESE 105°2,069 m20.8 mi
South MesaESE 105°2,063 m17.4 mi
West MesaESE 102°2,038 m14.5 mi
Fajada ButteESE 104°2,020 m19.6 mi
Black HillNNE 15°1,995 m22.9 mi
White RockNNW 336°1,985 m2.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:5119:25
June solstice05:5719:5620:34
September equinox07:0218:3819:11
December solstice07:2116:2317:03

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283341485767737062493728
Precip in0.50.60.40.50.60.41.41.31.10.70.60.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chaco Canyon Natl MON, 19 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357615387

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