Round Mountain
Round Mountain rises to 1,599 m in New Mexico. Sawyers Peak stands 2,936 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Nutt Mountain, a peak 4.5 miles away. Lake Valley Back Country Byway passes 1.4 miles off. 74 named places lie within 25 miles, 56 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Sierra County, New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49069876, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,599 m
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Lake Valley Back Country Byway
- 16.9 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 19.9 mi off the Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway, National
- 26.3 mi off the Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Emory Pass Vista · 24 mi
74 named places within 25 miles
- Nutt Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Coyote Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Monument Peak: 6.3 mi
- Town Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Apache Hill: 7.2 mi
- Lake Valley: 6.4 mi
- Tom Eby Storage Building Historic Site: 14.2 mi
- Ramon Baca House Historic Site: 19.8 mi
- Trinidad Andazola House Historic Site: 19.8 mi
- Teako's Giants of Hatch: 21.8 mi
- Nutt: 6.0 mi
- Lake Valley: 6.5 mi
- Santa Barbara: 21.8 mi
- Mowry City: 24.0 mi
- Libby Spring: 17.5 mi
- Derry Warm Spring: 18.3 mi
- Rock Spring: 20.1 mi
- Uvas Valley Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 16.1 mi
- Old Town Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 23.7 mi
- Black Range Museum: 20.1 mi
- Village of Hatch Museum: 21.7 mi
- Hatch Historical Marker: 21.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Round Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sawyers Peak | NW 319° | 2,936 m | 22.4 mi |
| Seven Brothers Mountain | NW 320° | 2,657 m | 20.9 mi |
| Cookes Peak | WSW 241° | 2,444 m | 13.6 mi |
| Thompson Cone | NW 316° | 2,396 m | 18.8 mi |
| Pine Flat Mountain | NW 314° | 2,385 m | 16.8 mi |
| Stoner Mountain | NW 322° | 2,362 m | 19.1 mi |
| Maverick Mountain | NW 310° | 2,336 m | 20.3 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | NW 314° | 2,314 m | 24.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:50 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 19:45 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:36 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:31 | 17:09 |
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 | 40 | 44 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hillsboro, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357586435
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