Schoolhouse Mountain
Schoolhouse Mountain rises to 1,895 m in New Mexico. Hillsboro Peak stands 3,053 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Signal Peak, a peak 1.4 miles away. Lake Valley Back Country Byway passes 4.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49071843, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,895 m
How to reach it
- 4.7 mi off the Lake Valley Back Country Byway
- 10.8 mi off the Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway, National
- 16.6 mi off the Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway, National
- 19.8 mi off the El Camino Real, National
Overlooks nearby
- Emory Pass Vista · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Signal Peak: 1.4 mi
- O Bar O Peak: 2.1 mi
- Lee Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Berrenda Mountain: 2.8 mi
- P A Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Rock Spring: 9.7 mi
- Bald Hill Spring: 18.0 mi
- 6 B Spring: 18.4 mi
- Magnum Spring: 18.6 mi
- Libby Spring: 19.4 mi
- Lake Valley: 5.5 mi
- Tom Eby Storage Building Historic Site: 11.0 mi
- Percha Bank Historic Site: 11.8 mi
- Trinidad Andazola House Historic Site: 15.2 mi
- Ramon Baca House Historic Site: 15.2 mi
- Lake Valley: 5.4 mi
- Nutt: 17.1 mi
- Mowry City: 22.5 mi
- Santa Rita: 24.1 mi
- Mimbres River Tract Wildlife Area: 19.0 mi
- Old Town Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 21.9 mi
- Bear Canyon Lake Wildlife Management Area: 22.0 mi
- Black Range Museum: 12.6 mi
- Mimbres Culture Heritage Site Museum: 19.1 mi
- Gooseberry Park: 21.3 mi
- Victorio Park: 22.6 mi
- City of Rocks Desert Botanical Garden: 22.1 mi
- Caballo Mountains Historic Marker: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Schoolhouse Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsboro Peak | NNW 332° | 3,053 m | 15.7 mi |
| Sawyers Peak | NW 319° | 2,936 m | 11.3 mi |
| Cross-O Mountain | NNW 330° | 2,890 m | 14.3 mi |
| Granite Peak | NNW 340° | 2,830 m | 18.4 mi |
| Seven Brothers Mountain | NW 321° | 2,657 m | 9.8 mi |
| Cookes Peak | SSW 197° | 2,444 m | 15.6 mi |
| Flagpole Mountain | NNW 348° | 2,402 m | 23.4 mi |
| Thompson Cone | NW 312° | 2,396 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:50 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 19:46 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:36 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:32 | 17:09 |
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 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hillsboro, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 910877 — Schoolhouse Mountain, Sierra County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357598962
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