Red Mountain
Red Mountain rises to 2,196 m in New Mexico. Laughlin Peak stands 2,682 m to the east-southeast, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Tinaja Mesa, a peak 0.7 miles away. Santa Fe Trail passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49067763, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,196 m
How to reach it
- 10.7 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
- 26.4 mi off the La Frontera del Llano Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Tinaja Mesa: 0.7 mi
- Tinaja Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Blosser Mesa: 4.3 mi
- Green Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Dwyer Mesa: 4.8 mi
- La Mesa Park: 14.6 mi
- Optimist Park South: 14.9 mi
- Dorsey Mansion State Monument: 15.4 mi
- Maxwell Park: 16.0 mi
- Legion Park: 16.0 mi
- Grave: 9.3 mi
- Sugarite Canyon State Park: 16.4 mi
- Coal Camp Ruins: 18.1 mi
- New Mexico / Colorado state line: 23.3 mi
- Scouting Museum: 16.2 mi
- Raton Museum: 16.4 mi
- Russell’s Truck & Car Muzeum: 22.4 mi
- Folsom Museum: 24.7 mi
- south finial: 16.4 mi
- north finial: 16.4 mi
- Raton: 16.7 mi
- Devils Point: 13.5 mi
- Prestons Point: 18.9 mi
- Star: 16.7 mi
- Folsom Museum Historic Site: 24.6 mi
- Yankee: 18.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Red Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laughlin Peak | ESE 120° | 2,682 m | 8.4 mi |
| Johnson Mesa | N 357° | 2,636 m | 15.7 mi |
| Towndrow Peak | NNE 12° | 2,625 m | 15.5 mi |
| Dale Mountain | NNE 23° | 2,588 m | 18.2 mi |
| Pine Buttes | SE 131° | 2,569 m | 10.8 mi |
| Red Mountain | NNE 31° | 2,569 m | 17.9 mi |
| Palo Blanco Mountain | ESE 118° | 2,542 m | 14.8 mi |
| Madrid Peak | NNE 26° | 2,498 m | 19.4 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 | 19:42 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 16:05 | 16:46 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 40 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Raton Muni Crews FLD AP, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357578751
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