Saltpeter Mountain
Saltpeter Mountain rises to 2,151 m in New Mexico. Black Mountain stands 3,295 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Dawson, a ghost town 3.6 miles away. Santa Fe Trail passes 1.5 miles off. 86 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49070985, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,151 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Base Camp View · 19 mi
86 named places within 25 miles
- Capitan Hill: 4.0 mi
- Cedar Hills: 9.3 mi
- Indian Head: 11.8 mi
- Eagle Rock: 12.4 mi
- Slate Hill: 15.4 mi
- Maxwell Park: 11.7 mi
- Cimarron Veterans Memorial: 14.3 mi
- Blackjack's Hideout: 14.3 mi
- Colfax County Fairgrounds: 20.7 mi
- La Mesa Park: 21.6 mi
- Cimarron Canyon: 17.4 mi
- Philmont Scout Ranch Gateway Sign: 18.7 mi
- Old Colfax County Courhouse: 20.3 mi
- Stern Post Office (ruins): 20.9 mi
- Ponil Park: 21.1 mi
- Cimarron Santa Fe National Historic Trail Interpretive Plaza: 14.4 mi
- T-Rex Track: 14.6 mi
- Welcome Wagon: 18.0 mi
- Covered Wagon: 18.2 mi
- Homebound Ampitheater: 19.1 mi
- Old Aztec Mill Museum: 14.9 mi
- Russell’s Truck & Car Muzeum: 14.9 mi
- Villa Philmonte: 18.1 mi
- Santa Fe Trail Interpretive Center: 20.3 mi
- Kit Carson Museum: 22.5 mi
- Tipi: 14.9 mi
- The Wonders of Discovery: 18.5 mi
- Raton: 23.5 mi
- south finial: 23.6 mi
- north finial: 23.6 mi
- Dawson: 3.6 mi
- Betty's Bra: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Saltpeter Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | WSW 237° | 3,295 m | 24.3 mi |
| Bear Mountain | WSW 240° | 3,250 m | 24.4 mi |
| Cimarroncito Peak | WSW 245° | 3,193 m | 23.5 mi |
| Shaefers Peak | SW 234° | 2,850 m | 22.3 mi |
| Grizzly Tooth | SW 233° | 2,738 m | 23.3 mi |
| Deer Lake Mesa | WSW 242° | 2,627 m | 20.1 mi |
| Wilson Mesa | W 269° | 2,627 m | 22.2 mi |
| Urraca Mesa | SW 225° | 2,616 m | 22.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:43 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:23 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 16:07 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 40 | 47 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 38 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maxwell 3 NW, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 899889 — Saltpeter Mountain, Colfax County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357586441
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