Signal Peak
Signal Peak rises to 2,075 m in New Mexico. McKnight Mountain stands 3,092 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Schoolhouse Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Lake Valley Back Country Byway passes 5.9 miles off.
The story
mountain in New Mexico, United States of America
Wikidata Q49073810, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2075 m
How to reach it
- 5.9 mi off the Lake Valley Back Country Byway
- 9.5 mi off the Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway, National
- 15.7 mi off the Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway, National
- 20.2 mi off the El Camino Real, National
Overlooks nearby
- Emory Pass Vista · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Schoolhouse Mountain: 1.4 mi
- P A Mountain: 1.7 mi
- O Bar O Peak: 2.8 mi
- Berrenda Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Larkins Spring Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Rock Spring: 8.4 mi
- Bald Hill Spring: 16.6 mi
- 6 B Spring: 17.2 mi
- Magnum Spring: 17.3 mi
- Thank God Spring: 18.3 mi
- Lake Valley: 6.7 mi
- Percha Bank Historic Site: 10.5 mi
- Tom Eby Storage Building Historic Site: 11.5 mi
- Luciana B Grijalva House Historic Site: 15.1 mi
- Trinidad Andazola House Historic Site: 15.3 mi
- Emory Pass Historical Marker: 11.4 mi
- Gooseberry Park: 20.0 mi
- Fort Cummings 1836-1886 Historical Marker: 21.0 mi
- Victorio Park: 21.2 mi
- Santa Rita Copper Mines Historical Marker: 23.1 mi
- Lake Valley: 6.6 mi
- Nutt: 18.5 mi
- Mowry City: 22.9 mi
- Santa Rita: 23.2 mi
- Mimbres River Tract Wildlife Area: 17.9 mi
- Bear Canyon Lake Wildlife Management Area: 20.8 mi
- Old Town Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 22.3 mi
- Black Range Museum: 11.8 mi
- Mimbres Culture Heritage Site Museum: 18.1 mi
- City of Rocks Desert Botanical Garden: 22.1 mi
- Caballo Mountains Historic Marker: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Signal Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKnight Mountain | NNW 331° | 3,092 m | 22.3 mi |
| Hillsboro Peak | NNW 332° | 3,053 m | 14.3 mi |
| Sawyers Peak | NW 318° | 2,936 m | 10.0 mi |
| Cross-O Mountain | NNW 330° | 2,890 m | 12.9 mi |
| Granite Peak | NNW 341° | 2,830 m | 17.0 mi |
| Victorio Park Mountain | NNW 343° | 2,723 m | 22.3 mi |
| Seven Brothers Mountain | NW 320° | 2,657 m | 8.4 mi |
| Cookes Peak | SSW 194° | 2,444 m | 16.5 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 | 20:23 |
| 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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357599154
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