Swallow Fork Peak
Swallow Fork Peak rises to 1,483 m in New Mexico. Hornbrook Mountain stands 2,136 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Negrohead, a peak 1.7 miles away.
The story
mountain in New Mexico, United States of America
Wikidata Q49080374, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1483 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Negrohead: 1.7 mi
- Twelvemile Hill: 2.1 mi
- Rimrock Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Fourmile Hill: 3.3 mi
- Pyramid Peak: 3.4 mi
- Rockhouse Seep: 2.9 mi
- Able Seep: 4.3 mi
- Allen Seep: 4.7 mi
- Canteen Spring: 21.9 mi
- Ward Spring: 22.8 mi
- Shakespeare Historical Marker: 8.4 mi
- Smugglers Trail Historical Marker: 17.7 mi
- Playas Siding: 18.4 mi
- Pratt Post Office (historical): 19.7 mi
- Shakespeare Ghost Town Tours: 8.3 mi
- Hidalgo County Courthouse Historic Site: 10.3 mi
- Astronomer's Paradise: 11.2 mi
- Shakespeare: 8.4 mi
- Steins: 13.2 mi
- Separ: 20.0 mi
- Short Park: 10.4 mi
- McComas Incident Historical Marker: 21.2 mi
- San Simon Rest Area: 19.0 mi
- San Simon Rest Area: 19.1 mi
- Lordsburg Hidalgo County Museum: 10.4 mi
- Granite Gap Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 15.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of Swallow Fork Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hornbrook Mountain | NE 40° | 2,136 m | 23.0 mi |
| Apache Mountain | NE 34° | 2,114 m | 20.6 mi |
| Gold Hill | NE 42° | 1,982 m | 20.2 mi |
| Whitetop Hill | NE 44° | 1,909 m | 23.6 mi |
| Walker Mountain | NE 45° | 1,897 m | 19.3 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | NE 51° | 1,827 m | 3.4 mi |
| Engine Mountain | NW 308° | 1,808 m | 24.4 mi |
| Pratt Peak | SW 214° | 1,803 m | 19.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:20 | 17:55 | 18:27 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| September equinox | 06:04 | 17:41 | 18:13 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:38 | 17:15 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 53 | 60 | 69 | 78 | 81 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lordsburg 4 SE, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357580852
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