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San Mateo Mountain

San Mateo Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

San Mateo Mountain rises to 3,089 m in New Mexico. West Blue Mountain stands 3,145 m to the north, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Myers Spring, a spring 0.6 miles away. El Camino Real passes 13 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
3089 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.56034, -107.44948

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 33
  • Myers Spring: 0.6 mi
  • Nave Spring: 1.1 mi
  • Shipman Spring: 2.6 mi
  • San Mateo Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Twentyfive Yard Spring: 4.8 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Attractions: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Garcia Falls: 4.7 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Camino de Sueños: 18.6 mi
Cliffs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of San Mateo Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West Blue MountainN 2°3,145 m7.2 mi
Blue MountainN 6°3,135 m6.9 mi
Vicks PeakESE 121°3,126 m1.0 mi
San Mateo PeakNNE 16°3,082 m3.7 mi
Apache Kid PeakNNE 20°3,065 m5.9 mi
Teepee PeakN 7°3,029 m7.7 mi
Holdup MountainN 349°2,828 m5.7 mi
Wahoo PeakW 276°2,675 m18.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4919:22
June solstice06:0119:4720:24
September equinox06:5918:3519:08
December solstice07:1116:2817:06

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F364045526069716963534336
Precip in0.50.40.40.30.60.82.93.71.81.00.70.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winston, 19 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357598755

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