Tailholt Mountain
Tailholt Mountain rises to 1,838 m in New Mexico. Mesa Azur stands 2,002 m to the southwest, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Bell Top Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. El Camino Real passes 8.3 miles off. 88 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49081180, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,838 m
How to reach it
- 8.3 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 18.9 mi off the Lake Valley Back Country Byway
88 named places within 25 miles
- Rincon Community Park: 11.8 mi
- Fort Selden State Monument: 12.7 mi
- The Cathedral: 21.3 mi
- North Las Cruces Park: 23.1 mi
- Camelot Gardens Mini Park: 23.6 mi
- Bell Top Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Mesa Azur: 2.0 mi
- Magdalena Peak: 2.4 mi
- Piña Peak: 2.6 mi
- Sugarloaf Peak: 2.9 mi
- Village of Hatch Museum: 10.6 mi
- Las Cruces Railroad Museum: 24.8 mi
- Branigan Cultural Center: 24.9 mi
- Art Museum: 24.9 mi
- Museum of Nature & Science: 25.0 mi
- Teako's Giants of Hatch: 10.6 mi
- Lucero Wash petroglyphs: 15.5 mi
- Sandia Gulch End: 18.1 mi
- Sandia Gulch Begin: 18.8 mi
- World's Largest Chili Pepper: 23.7 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Southbound: 12.7 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Northbound: 12.8 mi
- Rest Area I-10 (West Bound): 20.6 mi
- Santa Barbara: 10.6 mi
- Nutt: 18.7 mi
- Hatch Historical Marker: 10.6 mi
- Mormon Battalion Historical Marker: 11.8 mi
- South Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- North Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- Rincon Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 12.6 mi
- Uvas Valley Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 16.2 mi
- Derry Warm Spring: 21.2 mi
- Libby Spring: 24.2 mi
- Recycled Roadrunner Sculpture: 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tailholt Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesa Azur | SW 234° | 2,002 m | 2.0 mi |
| Magdalena Peak | SW 232° | 1,984 m | 2.4 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | WSW 253° | 1,954 m | 2.9 mi |
| Red House Mountain | N 358° | 1,873 m | 18.9 mi |
| Piña Peak | NNW 345° | 1,802 m | 2.6 mi |
| Robledo Mountain | ESE 113° | 1,788 m | 13.8 mi |
| Nutt Mountain | WNW 293° | 1,781 m | 19.7 mi |
| Summerford Mountain | E 90° | 1,776 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 19:44 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:34 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 16:30 | 17:08 |
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 | 40 | 44 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 77 | 80 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LAS Cruces 20 N, 24 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357580880
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