Red Mountain
Red Mountain rises to 2,015 m in New Mexico. South Baldy stands 3,279 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Polvadera Mountain, a peak 2.4 miles away. El Camino Real passes 6.5 miles off. 153 named places lie within 25 miles, 59 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49067771, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,015 m
How to reach it
- 6.5 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 9.7 mi off the Quebradas Back Country Byway
- 12.4 mi off the Socorro Historical District Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Flight Deck · 29 mi
- Eagle Scout Deck · 29 mi
- Dabbler Deck · 29 mi
153 named places within 25 miles
- Polvadera Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Strawberry Peak: 6.7 mi
- Loma Blanca: 8.0 mi
- San Acacia 2: 8.9 mi
- Black Butte: 9.2 mi
- San Lorenzo Spring: 2.7 mi
- Hell Canyon Spring: 10.9 mi
- Strozzi su Spring: 11.6 mi
- Cook Spring: 11.9 mi
- Shakespeare Spring: 12.3 mi
- Magdalena Fault Historical Marker: 8.8 mi
- Tribute to Randall G. Sanders: 10.8 mi
- Alice Kase Memorial Bench: 11.4 mi
- Linda Weiss Memorial: 11.7 mi
- NMT 90th Anniversary Plaque: 11.8 mi
- Bell: 7.3 mi
- EMRTC Rattlesnake: 10.9 mi
- Passage of the Earth and the Sky: 11.6 mi
- "The Past", "The Present", and "The Future": 11.7 mi
- New Mexico Tech Entrance Sign: 11.7 mi
- Sarracino Hall: 6.2 mi
- Socorro Peak "M": 9.8 mi
- Hilton House: 12.8 mi
- Clemens Ranch House Historic Site: 12.9 mi
- Clemens Ranch House: 12.9 mi
- NMT Alumni Hill Park: 11.8 mi
- Sedillo Park: 11.9 mi
- West Place Park: 12.4 mi
- School of Mines Heritage Park: 12.5 mi
- Socorro Gun Range: 18.2 mi
- López Rose Garden: 11.7 mi
- Dowdle Family Memorial Garden: 11.7 mi
- Brown Hall Rose Garden: 11.8 mi
- New Mexico Bureau of Geology Mineral Museum: 11.7 mi
- Hammel Museum: 12.5 mi
- Box Car Museum: 13.4 mi
- Hells Mesa: 16.0 mi
- Mesa Cencerro: 19.4 mi
- Sandbar Riverine Park: 12.5 mi
- Riley: 16.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Baldy | SSW 212° | 3,279 m | 17.0 mi |
| Timber Peak | SSW 206° | 3,181 m | 17.0 mi |
| North Baldy | SW 219° | 3,003 m | 13.4 mi |
| Ladrón Peak | N 349° | 2,780 m | 16.4 mi |
| Tip Top Mountain | SW 232° | 2,773 m | 11.6 mi |
| Buck Peak | SSW 201° | 2,764 m | 16.1 mi |
| North Peak | SW 232° | 2,763 m | 11.6 mi |
| Italian Peak | SSW 200° | 2,752 m | 20.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 19:47 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:25 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 44 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Socorro, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 899869 — Red Mountain, Socorro County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357586412
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