Sunset Peak
Sunset Peak rises to 2,817 m in New Mexico. Summit Peak stands 3,103 m to the west, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Capitan Peak, a peak 1.7 miles away. Billy the Kid Trail passes 10 miles off. 35 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,817 m
How to reach it
- 10.4 mi off the Billy the Kid Trail, National
35 named places within 25 miles
- Capitan Peak: 1.7 mi
- Chimney Rock: 1.9 mi
- Boy Scout Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Ramerez: 2.7 mi
- South Arabela: 5.2 mi
- UFO Alien Crash Communion Wall: 3.0 mi
- Lincoln County Courthouse Historic Site: 11.0 mi
- Historic Lincoln: 13.7 mi
- Hondo Iris Farm: 13.9 mi
- Fox Cave: 21.7 mi
- Lincoln State Monument Point of Interest: 10.6 mi
- Fort Stanton: 17.6 mi
- Smokey Bear Historical Park: 19.6 mi
- Smokey Bear Museum: 19.7 mi
- Billy the Kid Museum: 21.7 mi
- H22: 14.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sunset Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Peak | W 281° | 3,103 m | 7.4 mi |
| Capitan Peak | W 281° | 3,063 m | 1.7 mi |
| Padilla Point | W 279° | 2,930 m | 10.4 mi |
| Tucson Mountain | W 280° | 2,539 m | 23.3 mi |
| East Carrizo Cone | WNW 282° | 2,460 m | 22.2 mi |
| Lake Mountain | WNW 281° | 2,455 m | 24.1 mi |
| Read Mesa | W 279° | 2,347 m | 20.8 mi |
| Deadhorse Hill | SW 219° | 2,276 m | 24.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:40 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 19:38 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:26 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:19 | 16:57 |
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 | 42 | 45 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 76 | 74 | 68 | 59 | 49 | 42 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Picacho, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 911497 — Sunset Peak, Lincoln County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357599559
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