Taylor Hills
Taylor Hills rises to 2,373 m in New Mexico. Alegres Mountain stands 3,102 m to the south, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Cat Hill, a peak 4.3 miles away. Chain of Craters Back Country Byway passes 22 miles off. 50 named places lie within 25 miles, 42 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in New Mexico, United States of America
Wikidata Q49081589, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2373 m
How to reach it
- 22.0 mi off the Chain of Craters Back Country Byway
50 named places within 25 miles
- Cat Hill: 4.3 mi
- Toms Rock: 5.2 mi
- Techado Mountain: 7.2 mi
- Mariano Mesa: 7.5 mi
- Veteado Mountain: 10.4 mi
- Mangas: 19.7 mi
- Greens Gap: 24.0 mi
- Peñasco Bluff: 22.3 mi
- White Mesa: 23.7 mi
- The Lightning Field: 8.9 mi
- Lightning Field: 9.5 mi
- Mangas Schoolhouse: 21.6 mi
- San Jose Spring: 21.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Taylor Hills. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alegres Mountain | S 173° | 3,102 m | 19.4 mi |
| Escondido Mountain | SW 219° | 3,000 m | 20.9 mi |
| Madre Mountain | ESE 115° | 2,870 m | 21.9 mi |
| Davenport Lookout | ESE 119° | 2,851 m | 21.2 mi |
| Little Alegres Mountain | S 178° | 2,776 m | 22.1 mi |
| Lone Mountain | SE 127° | 2,634 m | 14.5 mi |
| El Caso Peak | SSW 211° | 2,616 m | 23.9 mi |
| Capital Dome | SE 130° | 2,605 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:52 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 19:52 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:29 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 34 | 40 | 46 | 54 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 60 | 50 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Quemado, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 895532 — Taylor Hills, Catron County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357580930
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