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Tip Top Mesa

Tip Top Mesa, seen from above at true elevation

Tip Top Mesa rises to 1,948 m in New Mexico. Salinas Peak stands 2,715 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Tip Top, a peak 1.4 miles away. 33 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q49083986, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1948 m

How to reach it

Coordinates33.16369, -106.63390

33 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 31
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tip Top Mesa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Salinas PeakNNE 32°2,715 m11.0 mi
Silver Top MountainNNE 31°2,422 m13.3 mi
Middle PeakNNE 24°2,322 m9.5 mi
Skillet KnobN 355°2,305 m4.6 mi
Grandaddy PeakWNW 304°2,286 m6.4 mi
Ladybug PeakNNE 16°2,273 m9.2 mi
Big Gyp MountainNW 314°2,271 m8.9 mi
White Mine PeakNNE 15°2,270 m9.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4619:19
June solstice05:5919:4320:19
September equinox06:5518:3219:05
December solstice07:0716:2617:04

Local time (America/Denver).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357587239

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