San Diego Mountain
San Diego Mountain rises to 1,509 m in New Mexico. Mesa Azur stands 2,002 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Hill, a peak 2.9 miles away. El Camino Real passes 1.7 miles off. 105 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.
The story
San Diego Mountain also known as Tonuco Mountain is an American summit 22 miles northwest of Las Cruces, New Mexico, in Doña Ana County. Its summit is at an elevation of 4,951 feet (1,509 meters).
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Wikidata Q22077931, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,509 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 27.0 mi off the Lake Valley Back Country Byway
105 named places within 25 miles
- Rincon Community Park: 6.6 mi
- Fort Selden State Monument: 9.1 mi
- The Cathedral: 15.8 mi
- North Las Cruces Park: 20.7 mi
- Las Colinas Park: 20.7 mi
- Cedar Hill: 2.9 mi
- Cerro Quemado: 6.4 mi
- Sierro Kemado: 6.4 mi
- Burro Hill: 7.7 mi
- Sierra Alta: 8.3 mi
- Lucero Wash petroglyphs: 9.5 mi
- Teako's Giants of Hatch: 10.6 mi
- Sandia Gulch End: 17.8 mi
- Sandia Gulch Begin: 18.4 mi
- World's Largest Chili Pepper: 22.7 mi
- Village of Hatch Museum: 10.6 mi
- Branigan Cultural Center: 23.4 mi
- Art Museum: 23.4 mi
- Museum of Nature & Science: 23.4 mi
- Las Cruces Railroad Museum: 23.5 mi
- Mormon Battalion Historical Marker: 6.6 mi
- Hatch Historical Marker: 10.6 mi
- Pat Garret Murder Site: 22.7 mi
- Battan Memorial Statue: 23.2 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Southbound: 5.1 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Northbound: 5.3 mi
- North Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
- South Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Derry Warm Spring: 21.5 mi
- Libby Spring: 25.0 mi
- Rincon Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 7.3 mi
- Santa Barbara: 10.5 mi
- Recycled Roadrunner Sculpture: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of San Diego Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesa Azur | SW 234° | 2,002 m | 12.7 mi |
| Magdalena Peak | SW 234° | 1,984 m | 13.0 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | WSW 238° | 1,954 m | 13.4 mi |
| Red House Mountain | NW 324° | 1,873 m | 15.6 mi |
| Tailholt Mountain | SW 234° | 1,838 m | 10.7 mi |
| Piña Peak | WSW 248° | 1,802 m | 10.0 mi |
| Robledo Mountain | SSE 160° | 1,788 m | 12.3 mi |
| Summerford Mountain | ESE 122° | 1,776 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 19:43 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:34 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 16:29 | 17:07 |
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 | 77 | 80 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LAS Cruces 20 N, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 920692 — San Diego Mountain, Doña Ana County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357607581
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