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Red Hill

Red Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Red Hill rises to 2,678 m in New Mexico. Grouse Mesa stands 3,477 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is No Agua Peaks, a peak 3.7 miles away. Wild Rivers Back Country Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off. 90 named places lie within 25 miles, 48 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States (GeoNames ID = 5487009)

Wikidata Q49067392, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2678 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.77418, -106.01780

Overlooks nearby

90 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 12
  • Butterfly Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Warm Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Yolanda Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Spring Number One: 13.5 mi
  • Moeller Spring: 13.5 mi
Parks: 6
Cliffs: 6
  • Brazos Cliffs: 20.9 mi
  • Brazos Cliffs: 21.9 mi
  • Brazos Cliffs: 22.5 mi
  • Brazos Cliffs: 22.7 mi
  • Brazos Cliffs: 22.8 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Wild Rivers Visitor Center: 20.2 mi
  • Cano's Castle: 21.2 mi
  • Earthship Community: 22.9 mi
  • Shortcut: 23.7 mi
  • John Dunn Bridge and Day Use Area: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Museums: 2
Historic sites: 2
Waterfalls: 2
  • Brazos Falls: 22.8 mi
  • Brazos Falls: 23.0 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Black Rock Hot Spring: 23.9 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
Grouse MesaW 281°3,477 m21.9 mi
Brazos PeakW 277°3,440 m20.3 mi
San Antonio MountainN 359°3,326 m5.9 mi
Canjilon MountainSW 233°3,326 m23.3 mi
Osier MountainNW 316°3,272 m23.9 mi
Peñasco AmarilloWSW 258°3,233 m22.6 mi
Jawbone MountainW 260°3,232 m12.5 mi
Cerro SaragateWSW 244°3,230 m20.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4219:16
June solstice05:4619:4920:27
September equinox06:5318:2819:03
December solstice07:1416:1216:52

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232735425061656356453324

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tres Piedras, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 933089 — Red Hill, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.

OpenStreetMap element node/357612943

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