San Juan Peak
San Juan Peak rises to 2,466 m in New Mexico. West Blue Mountain stands 3,145 m to the west, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Piñon Mountain, a peak 2.2 miles away. El Camino Real passes 10 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49071093, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,466 m
How to reach it
- 10.1 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 23.8 mi off the Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Dabbler Deck · 27 mi
- Eagle Scout Deck · 27 mi
- Flight Deck · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Piñon Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Black Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Bell Hill: 4.9 mi
- Apache Kid Peak: 5.1 mi
- Steel Hill: 5.1 mi
- Twentyfive Yard Spring: 5.9 mi
- San Mateo Spring: 6.8 mi
- Pothole Spring: 7.3 mi
- Nave Spring: 8.7 mi
- Tool Box Spring: 9.1 mi
- Canta Recio: 16.0 mi
- Paraje: 17.4 mi
- Contadero: 19.7 mi
- Fort Craig Rest Area Southbound: 11.4 mi
- Fort Craig Rest Area Northbound: 11.5 mi
- Mesa del Contadero: 19.3 mi
- White Cliffs: 24.4 mi
- Camino de Sueños: 11.8 mi
- Garcia Falls: 13.7 mi
- Langmuir Research Site: 21.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of San Juan Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Blue Mountain | W 271° | 3,145 m | 6.6 mi |
| Blue Mountain | W 267° | 3,135 m | 6.1 mi |
| Vicks Peak | SW 218° | 3,126 m | 9.7 mi |
| San Mateo Mountain | SW 224° | 3,089 m | 9.9 mi |
| San Mateo Peak | WSW 238° | 3,082 m | 6.8 mi |
| Mount Withington | NNW 329° | 3,077 m | 17.5 mi |
| Apache Kid Peak | WSW 252° | 3,065 m | 5.1 mi |
| Teepee Peak | W 275° | 3,029 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 19:47 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:35 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:27 | 17:06 |
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 | 39 | 44 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bosque DEL Apache, 27 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 910647 — San Juan Peak, Socorro County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357598736
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