Red Peak
Red Peak rises to 2,410 m in New Mexico. Alegres Mountain stands 3,102 m to the south-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Capital Dome, a peak 1.8 miles away. Chain of Craters Back Country Byway passes 28 miles off. 62 named places lie within 25 miles, 44 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2410 m
How to reach it
- 28.2 mi off the Chain of Craters Back Country Byway
62 named places within 25 miles
- Capital Dome: 1.8 mi
- Castle Dome: 2.2 mi
- Lone Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Monument Rock: 5.9 mi
- Cox Peak: 6.6 mi
- Dead Horse Mesa: 14.7 mi
- White Mesa: 15.3 mi
- Cal Ship Mesa: 16.9 mi
- Blue Mesa: 21.2 mi
- Blue Mesa: 21.2 mi
- Maverick Spring: 15.7 mi
- San Jose Spring: 17.7 mi
- Vale Tio Vinces Spring: 23.4 mi
- Greens Gap: 14.3 mi
- Mangas: 16.4 mi
- The Lightning Field: 14.6 mi
- Lightning Field: 15.4 mi
- Mangas Schoolhouse: 17.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alegres Mountain | SSW 212° | 3,102 m | 11.5 mi |
| Escondido Mountain | WSW 252° | 3,000 m | 22.7 mi |
| Mangas Mountain | SW 216° | 2,925 m | 21.1 mi |
| Madre Mountain | E 90° | 2,870 m | 11.2 mi |
| Davenport Lookout | E 95° | 2,851 m | 10.0 mi |
| Horse Mountain | S 186° | 2,850 m | 22.2 mi |
| Horse Peak | S 186° | 2,826 m | 22.2 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SSE 154° | 2,787 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:51 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 19:51 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:38 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:28 | 17:07 |
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 | 35 | 41 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 68 | 66 | 61 | 51 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pietown 19ne, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 913077 — Red Peak, Catron County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357601440
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