Sierra Blanca Peak
Sierra Blanca Peak rises to 3,620 m in New Mexico. Lookout Mountain stands 3,518 m to the north, 1.1 miles off. Billy the Kid Trail passes 7.6 miles off. 91 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49073646, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,620 m
How to reach it
- 7.6 mi off the Billy the Kid Trail, National
- 29.0 mi off the Sunspot Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Trestle Vista Observation Site · 29 mi
- Mexican Canyon Trestle Vista US82 · 29 mi
91 named places within 25 miles
- Lookout Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Buck Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Cow Mountain: 3.5 mi
- White Horse Hill: 4.0 mi
- Horse Mountain: 5.8 mi
- William G. Telfer Natural Area: 2.4 mi
- Windy Point: 3.0 mi
- Ruidoso Winter Park: 7.4 mi
- Eagle Creek Sports Complex: 7.4 mi
- Wingfield Park: 8.4 mi
- Ruidoso River Museum: 7.9 mi
- The Hubbard Museum of the American West: 12.6 mi
- Museum of the Horse: 12.7 mi
- Billy the Kid Museum: 16.9 mi
- Smokey Bear Museum: 18.0 mi
- Padilla Springs: 7.7 mi
- Old Mill: 9.8 mi
- The Palisades: 10.5 mi
- Three Rivers Petroglyph Site: 12.1 mi
- Fox Cave: 16.9 mi
- Donkey Statue: 19.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sierra Blanca Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lookout Mountain | N 354° | 3,518 m | 1.1 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NE 37° | 3,276 m | 2.6 mi |
| White Horse Hill | NNW 338° | 3,111 m | 4.0 mi |
| Nogal Peak | N 2° | 2,966 m | 8.5 mi |
| Monjeau Peak | NE 49° | 2,942 m | 6.0 mi |
| Carrizo Peak | NNE 12° | 2,932 m | 22.4 mi |
| Carrizo Mountain | NNE 12° | 2,932 m | 22.4 mi |
| Granite Knob | NE 50° | 2,906 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:42 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 19:40 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:29 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:22 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 37 | 42 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 66 | 64 | 60 | 51 | 41 | 35 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ruidoso, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357607585
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