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Sugar Loaf Mountain

Sugar Loaf Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Sugar Loaf Mountain rises to 3,204 m in New Mexico. Banded Peak stands 3,892 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Poso Park, a park 2.1 miles away. Narrow-Gauge Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off. 114 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q49079115, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3204 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.86307, -106.49142

114 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 58
Springs: 14
  • El Camino Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Spring Number One: 13.5 mi
  • Warm Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Moeller Spring: 18.8 mi
  • Fifteen Springs: 21.4 mi
Attractions: 12
Cliffs: 8
  • Brazos Cliffs: 8.3 mi
  • Brazos Cliffs: 8.5 mi
  • Brazos Cliffs: 8.7 mi
  • Brazos Cliffs: 9.3 mi
  • Brazos Cliffs: 9.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Brazos Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Brazos Falls: 8.6 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Bull: 5.3 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • TA Marker: 11.1 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Banded PeakNNW 336°3,892 m18.3 mi
Chama PeakNNW 328°3,662 m14.4 mi
Chalk MountainsNW 324°3,649 m24.0 mi
Jarosa PeakN 7°3,587 m14.4 mi
Grouse MesaESE 115°3,477 m5.1 mi
Navajo PeakNW 320°3,441 m20.7 mi
Brazos PeakESE 122°3,440 m7.1 mi
Black MountainN 10°3,417 m21.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4419:18
June solstice05:4819:5120:29
September equinox06:5518:3019:04
December solstice07:1616:1316:54

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222633404958636255443223
Precip in2.01.91.41.51.60.82.33.02.31.71.71.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chama, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357580806

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