Tank Mountain
Tank Mountain rises to 1,660 m in New Mexico. Portal High Point stands 2,613 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Tank Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49081340, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,660 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Tank Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Red Hill: 3.6 mi
- Indian Peak: 4.7 mi
- Nipple Hill: 5.9 mi
- Gray Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Maverick Spring: 9.1 mi
- Black Bill Spring: 16.6 mi
- Woodchoppers Spring: 17.6 mi
- Dripping Spring: 18.7 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 18.8 mi
- Smugglers Trail Historical Marker: 9.4 mi
- Pratt Post Office (historical): 9.6 mi
- Playas Siding: 16.3 mi
- Gray School: 17.3 mi
- Geronimo Surrender Monument: 19.6 mi
- Tractor Minion: 17.8 mi
- Gardening Minions: 17.8 mi
- Motorcycle Minion: 17.9 mi
- Boat Minions: 17.9 mi
- Wagon Wheel: 20.3 mi
- Ned Hall Community Park: 12.0 mi
- Maple Camp: 22.0 mi
- Bird watching area: 22.7 mi
- Pine Park: 24.5 mi
- BLM: 10.8 mi
- Granite Gap Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 21.3 mi
- May Memorial Wildlife Area: 23.1 mi
- Apache: 20.0 mi
- Old Hachita: 24.0 mi
- Paradise: 24.4 mi
- Devil's Kitchen: 20.8 mi
- Geronimo Surrender Monument: 21.0 mi
- Astronomer's Paradise: 21.6 mi
- The Lost Arcade: 12.1 mi
- Chiricahua Desert Museum: 12.8 mi
- Cowboy Rim: 17.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Tank Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portal High Point | W 280° | 2,613 m | 19.7 mi |
| Animas Mountains High Point | S 173° | 2,611 m | 17.2 mi |
| Portal Peak | W 280° | 2,604 m | 19.3 mi |
| Animas Peak | S 171° | 2,600 m | 16.5 mi |
| Horseshoe Peak | W 272° | 2,451 m | 22.5 mi |
| Sulphur Peak | W 272° | 2,446 m | 21.4 mi |
| Mount Sceloporus | WNW 285° | 2,413 m | 22.1 mi |
| Darnell Peak | W 271° | 2,258 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:55 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 06:11 | 19:49 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:41 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:39 | 17:16 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 48 | 54 | 61 | 70 | 79 | 80 | 78 | 73 | 63 | 52 | 44 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Animas 3ese, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 895502 — Tank Mountain, Hidalgo County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357580893
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