Red Mountain
Red Mountain rises to 1,649 m in New Mexico. Cookes Peak stands 2,444 m to the north-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Snake Hills, a peak 3.1 miles away. 61 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Luna County, New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49067767, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,649 m
How to reach it
61 named places within 25 miles
- Snake Hills: 3.1 mi
- Black Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Clabber Top Hill: 10.7 mi
- White Hills: 13.5 mi
- Bisbee Hills: 14.0 mi
- South Park: 7.9 mi
- Brown Park: 8.0 mi
- Amistad Splash Pad: 8.0 mi
- Luna County Courthouse Park Historic Site: 8.5 mi
- Northside Park: 8.5 mi
- Gage Rest Area: 13.5 mi
- Butterfield Rest Area: 19.9 mi
- Yucca Rest Area: 20.9 mi
- Play Sharity Childrens Museum: 8.3 mi
- Deming-Luna-Mimbres Museum: 8.6 mi
- Gage: 11.4 mi
- Mowry City: 20.6 mi
- Little Needles Eye: 17.4 mi
- Old Town Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cookes Peak | NNE 23° | 2,444 m | 24.0 mi |
| Florida Peak | ESE 112° | 2,266 m | 17.1 mi |
| South Peak | SE 127° | 2,156 m | 18.4 mi |
| Gym Peak | ESE 122° | 2,146 m | 19.8 mi |
| Baldy Peak | ESE 119° | 2,121 m | 18.0 mi |
| Flying W Mountain | SSW 210° | 1,892 m | 23.6 mi |
| Cedar Mountain | SW 225° | 1,888 m | 24.1 mi |
| Capitol Dome | ESE 110° | 1,804 m | 15.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:51 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 19:46 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:37 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:34 | 17:11 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 48 | 54 | 61 | 69 | 78 | 81 | 79 | 74 | 63 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Deming, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 893774 — Red Mountain, Luna County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357578744
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