Salt Peak
Salt Peak rises to 2,463 m in New Mexico. Sierra Blanca Peak stands 3,620 m to the southwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Mills Peak, a peak 1.1 miles away. Billy the Kid Trail passes 2.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in New Mexico, United States of America
Wikidata Q49070973, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2463 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Billy the Kid Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Mills Peak: 1.1 mi
- Granite Knob: 1.3 mi
- Monjeau Peak: 1.5 mi
- Buck Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Soldier Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Eagle Creek Sports Complex: 3.3 mi
- Ruidoso Winter Park: 3.4 mi
- Windy Point: 4.5 mi
- William G. Telfer Natural Area: 5.4 mi
- North Park: 5.8 mi
- Ruidoso River Museum: 7.6 mi
- The Hubbard Museum of the American West: 9.9 mi
- Museum of the Horse: 10.0 mi
- Smokey Bear Museum: 10.5 mi
- Billy the Kid Museum: 12.0 mi
- Fox Cave: 11.9 mi
- Lincoln County Courthouse Historic Site: 18.6 mi
- Hondo Iris Farm: 24.9 mi
- White Oaks: 21.2 mi
- Robsart: 21.6 mi
- Old Mill: 8.8 mi
- Padilla Springs: 14.0 mi
- Donkey Statue: 17.1 mi
- The Palisades: 17.1 mi
- Three Rivers Petroglyph Site: 18.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Salt Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Blanca Peak | SW 231° | 3,620 m | 7.5 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | WSW 239° | 3,518 m | 6.9 mi |
| Buck Mountain | WSW 239° | 3,276 m | 5.0 mi |
| White Horse Hill | W 263° | 3,111 m | 7.4 mi |
| Nogal Peak | NW 305° | 2,966 m | 6.7 mi |
| Monjeau Peak | WSW 240° | 2,942 m | 1.5 mi |
| Carrizo Mountain | N 356° | 2,932 m | 17.2 mi |
| Carrizo Peak | N 356° | 2,932 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 19:40 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:22 | 17:00 |
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 | 35 | 37 | 42 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 66 | 64 | 60 | 51 | 41 | 35 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ruidoso, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 910576 — Salt Peak, Lincoln County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357598668
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