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Silver Hill

Silver Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Silver Hill rises to 2,162 m in New Mexico. South Baldy stands 3,279 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Charles Ilfield Company Warehouse, a attraction 3.3 miles away. Quebradas Back Country Byway passes 23 miles off. 146 named places lie within 25 miles, 56 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q49073910, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2162 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.12656, -107.30160

146 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 56
Springs: 33
  • Hell Canyon Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Agua Fria Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Upper Garcia Canyon Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Garcia Canyon Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Strozzi su Spring: 9.8 mi
Artworks: 16
  • Shiva:Shiwana: 18.7 mi
  • Bell: 22.2 mi
  • EMRTC Rattlesnake: 22.3 mi
  • Passage of the Earth and the Sky: 22.8 mi
  • "The Past", "The Present", and "The Future": 23.0 mi
Attractions: 11
Parks: 7
  • Langmuir Research Site: 14.8 mi
  • Cherry Town: 19.8 mi
  • NMT Alumni Hill Park: 22.9 mi
  • Sedillo Park: 23.5 mi
  • West Place Park: 23.5 mi
Museums: 3
Gardens: 3
  • López Rose Garden: 22.9 mi
  • Dowdle Family Memorial Garden: 23.0 mi
  • Brown Hall Rose Garden: 23.1 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • Mesa Cencerro: 11.9 mi
  • Hells Mesa: 12.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Silver Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South BaldySE 145°3,279 m11.4 mi
Timber PeakSE 141°3,181 m13.0 mi
Mount WithingtonSSW 212°3,077 m20.0 mi
Tower PeakSSW 209°3,026 m20.7 mi
North BaldySE 127°3,003 m8.7 mi
A-L PeakSSW 212°2,940 m17.5 mi
Ladrón PeakNNE 30°2,780 m24.6 mi
Tip Top MountainESE 108°2,773 m6.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4819:21
June solstice05:5919:4820:25
September equinox06:5818:3419:07
December solstice07:1216:2617:04

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323541475666696761503931
Precip in0.50.50.50.50.70.62.72.82.01.10.60.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Augustine 2E, 19 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 911072 — Silver Hill, Socorro County, New Mexico.

OpenStreetMap element node/357599170

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