Silver Peak
Silver Peak rises to 2,179 m in New Mexico. Whitewater Baldy stands 3,310 m to the southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Cooney, a ghost town 1.1 miles away. Coronado Trail Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49073987, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,179 m
How to reach it
- 28.6 mi off the Coronado Trail Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Bearup Spring: 1.5 mi
- Water Canyon Spring: 2.3 mi
- Slaughterhouse Spring: 3.2 mi
- Hogan Spring: 3.3 mi
- Pine Spring: 3.9 mi
- Negro Hill: 1.3 mi
- Fannie Hill: 2.2 mi
- Stout Mesa: 2.2 mi
- Round Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Buck Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Bearwallow Park: 8.2 mi
- Redstone Park: 10.3 mi
- N Bar Park: 14.0 mi
- Dangerous Park: 15.6 mi
- Yequas Park: 16.5 mi
- OFFICIAL SCENIC HISTORIC MARKER: 6.9 mi
- Leopold Vista Historical Monument: 17.4 mi
- Elfego Baca Monument: 19.5 mi
- Graves: 22.7 mi
- Windy Point: 3.7 mi
- Tige Rim: 15.8 mi
- Turtle Rock: 22.8 mi
- Mogollon Museum: 2.8 mi
- Mogollon Theater Historic Site: 3.0 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 8.5 mi
- Frisco Camp Picnic Site: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Silver Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitewater Baldy | SE 127° | 3,310 m | 12.8 mi |
| Willow Mountain | SE 125° | 3,283 m | 10.0 mi |
| Sacaton Mountain | SE 146° | 3,250 m | 13.6 mi |
| Center Baldy | SE 131° | 3,210 m | 13.9 mi |
| Grouse Mountain | SE 141° | 3,081 m | 9.4 mi |
| Bearwallow Mountain | E 83° | 3,031 m | 8.8 mi |
| Corner Mountain | ENE 76° | 3,030 m | 10.2 mi |
| Windy Point | SSE 150° | 2,992 m | 12.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 19:52 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:41 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:34 | 17:12 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 68 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glenwood, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 911074 — Silver Peak, Catron County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357599173
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