The Saddle Mountain
The Saddle Mountain rises to 1,762 m in New Mexico. Mesa Azur stands 2,002 m to the east-northeast, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugarloaf Peak, a peak 2.3 miles away. El Camino Real passes 13 miles off. 50 named places lie within 25 miles, 29 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49082936, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,762 m
How to reach it
- 13.0 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 15.1 mi off the Lake Valley Back Country Byway
50 named places within 25 miles
- Sugarloaf Peak: 2.3 mi
- Magdalena Peak: 2.9 mi
- Mesa Azur: 3.2 mi
- Tailholt Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Bell Top Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Teako's Giants of Hatch: 13.2 mi
- Lucero Wash petroglyphs: 20.3 mi
- Sandia Gulch End: 21.2 mi
- Sandia Gulch Begin: 21.8 mi
- Rest Area I-10 (West Bound): 17.0 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Southbound: 17.7 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Northbound: 17.9 mi
- Uvas Valley Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 11.1 mi
- Rincon Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 16.5 mi
- Santa Barbara: 13.2 mi
- Nutt: 14.9 mi
- Hatch Historical Marker: 13.2 mi
- Mormon Battalion Historical Marker: 15.8 mi
- Rincon Community Park: 15.9 mi
- Fort Selden State Monument: 17.3 mi
- South Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
- North Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
- Derry Warm Spring: 21.9 mi
- Libby Spring: 24.4 mi
- Village of Hatch Museum: 13.1 mi
- Recycled Roadrunner Sculpture: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Saddle Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesa Azur | ENE 74° | 2,002 m | 3.2 mi |
| Magdalena Peak | ENE 77° | 1,984 m | 2.9 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | ENE 57° | 1,954 m | 2.3 mi |
| Red House Mountain | N 11° | 1,873 m | 21.4 mi |
| Tailholt Mountain | ENE 66° | 1,838 m | 5.1 mi |
| Piña Peak | NE 41° | 1,802 m | 6.1 mi |
| Robledo Mountain | E 100° | 1,788 m | 17.8 mi |
| Nutt Mountain | NW 305° | 1,781 m | 16.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 19:44 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:35 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 16:31 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 48 | 55 | 62 | 71 | 80 | 83 | 81 | 74 | 64 | 52 | 44 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Caballo DAM, 29 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357586561
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