Round Mountain
Round Mountain rises to 1,790 m in New Mexico. Burro Peak stands 2,445 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is McComas Incident Historical Marker, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off.
The story
mountain in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States of America
Wikidata Q49069864, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1790 m
How to reach it
- 27.2 mi off the Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Apache Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Hornbrook Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Gold Hill: 4.0 mi
- Walker Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Knight Peak: 5.5 mi
- Peterson Spring: 3.6 mi
- Juniper Spring: 3.8 mi
- Grapevine Spring: 9.4 mi
- Rustler Spring: 9.5 mi
- Mud Spring: 12.3 mi
- McComas Incident Historical Marker: 0.0 mi
- Short Park: 11.5 mi
- Butterfield Trail: 18.8 mi
- Basin and Range Country Historical Marker: 24.6 mi
- Yucca Plains Historical Marker: 24.6 mi
- Shakespeare: 13.7 mi
- Tyrone: 18.9 mi
- Separ: 20.6 mi
- Hidalgo County Courthouse Historic Site: 11.3 mi
- Shakespeare Ghost Town Tours: 13.7 mi
- Lordsburg Hidalgo County Museum: 11.1 mi
- Shakespeare Historical Marker: 13.6 mi
- Gila Middle Box Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 19.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of Round Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burro Peak | NE 45° | 2,445 m | 11.9 mi |
| Jacks Peak | NE 48° | 2,428 m | 11.8 mi |
| Ferguson Mountain | NE 43° | 2,424 m | 11.9 mi |
| Hornbrook Mountain | E 97° | 2,136 m | 3.9 mi |
| Bullard Peak | N 8° | 2,130 m | 16.8 mi |
| Apache Mountain | SSE 149° | 2,114 m | 1.3 mi |
| Indian Hill | NE 49° | 2,071 m | 13.3 mi |
| Red Hill | NE 55° | 2,029 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:54 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 19:49 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:40 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:36 | 17:14 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 53 | 60 | 69 | 78 | 81 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lordsburg 4 SE, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 910441 — Round Mountain, Hidalgo County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357598452
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