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Red Mountain

Red Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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.

The story

mountain in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q49067771, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2015 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.20061, -107.03176

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 35
  • 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
Historic sites: 18
Artworks: 15
  • 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
Parks: 15
  • 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
Picnic sites: 10
  • 1: 10.8 mi
  • 2: 10.8 mi
  • 3: 10.8 mi
  • 4: 10.8 mi
  • 6: 10.8 mi
Gardens: 3
  • López Rose Garden: 11.7 mi
  • Dowdle Family Memorial Garden: 11.7 mi
  • Brown Hall Rose Garden: 11.8 mi
Museums: 3
Cliffs: 2
  • Hells Mesa: 16.0 mi
  • Mesa Cencerro: 19.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Red Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South BaldySSW 212°3,279 m17.0 mi
Timber PeakSSW 206°3,181 m17.0 mi
North BaldySW 219°3,003 m13.4 mi
Ladrón PeakN 349°2,780 m16.4 mi
Tip Top MountainSW 232°2,773 m11.6 mi
Buck PeakSSW 201°2,764 m16.1 mi
North PeakSW 232°2,763 m11.6 mi
Italian PeakSSW 200°2,752 m20.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4719:20
June solstice05:5819:4720:24
September equinox06:5718:3319:06
December solstice07:1116:2517:03

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384451586674777569574637
Precip in0.30.30.50.30.40.42.42.11.30.90.40.6

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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