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Telegraph Mountain

Telegraph Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Telegraph Mountain rises to 1,555 m in New Mexico. Burro Peak stands 2,445 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Foxtail Spring, a spring 0.4 miles away. Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.

The story

mountain in New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q49081788, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1555 m

How to reach it

Coordinates32.77174, -108.62728

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Foxtail Spring: 0.4 mi
  • Adobe Spring: 1.1 mi
  • Pearson Springs: 2.0 mi
  • Hatch Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Tub Spring: 3.8 mi
Parks: 11
Cliffs: 5
  • Comanche Pit: 19.3 mi
  • North Pit: 19.4 mi
  • Raven Pitt: 19.5 mi
  • King Bolt Pit: 19.8 mi
  • Adonis Pit: 20.0 mi
Museums: 4
Nature reserves: 3
Historic sites: 3
  • Old Virden School: 22.3 mi
  • Ben Lilly Memorial: 23.8 mi
  • Graves: 25.0 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Penny Park Mosaics: 20.3 mi
  • W: 22.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Silva Creek Botanical Garden: 20.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Telegraph Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burro PeakSE 138°2,445 m16.9 mi
Bear MountainENE 74°2,444 m16.2 mi
Jacks PeakSE 138°2,428 m17.6 mi
Ferguson MountainSE 138°2,424 m16.4 mi
McComas PeakE 80°2,340 m16.3 mi
Little Bear MountainENE 75°2,245 m15.3 mi
Stewart PeakENE 71°2,173 m18.7 mi
Bullard PeakSE 130°2,130 m6.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5419:26
June solstice06:0819:5020:26
September equinox07:0318:4019:13
December solstice07:1416:3517:13

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424652576574797872615042
Precip in1.00.80.60.20.40.42.62.11.71.00.71.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Redrock 1 NNE, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357599643

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