Peak · New Mexico
Tip Top Mountain
Tip Top Mountain rises to 2,773 m in New Mexico. South Baldy stands 3,279 m to the south, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is North Peak, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Quebradas Back Country Byway passes 17 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2773 m
How to reach it
Coordinates34.09590, -107.19087
- 16.6 mi off the Quebradas Back Country Byway
- 17.0 mi off the Socorro Historical District Scenic Byway
- 16.5 mi off the El Camino Real, National
Overlooks nearby
- Flight Deck · 27 mi
- Eagle Scout Deck · 27 mi
- Dabbler Deck · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- North Peak: 0.0 mi
- Baxter Peak: 1.1 mi
- Elephant Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Magdalena Peak: 2.9 mi
- North Baldy: 3.2 mi
Springs: 37
- Hell Canyon Spring: 0.8 mi
- Garcia Canyon Spring: 3.0 mi
- Upper Garcia Canyon Spring: 3.1 mi
- Strozzi su Spring: 3.3 mi
- Cabin Spring: 4.2 mi
Artworks: 16
- EMRTC Rattlesnake: 15.7 mi
- Passage of the Earth and the Sky: 16.3 mi
- Bell: 16.4 mi
- "The Past", "The Present", and "The Future": 16.4 mi
- The Desert Maiden: 16.4 mi
Historic sites: 15
- Official Scenic Historic Marker: 2.9 mi
- Official Scenic Historic Marker: 3.2 mi
- Magdalena Fault Historical Marker: 6.2 mi
- Billing Smelter Historic Site: 15.7 mi
- Alice Kase Memorial Bench: 16.1 mi
Parks: 14
- Langmuir Research Site: 10.7 mi
- NMT Alumni Hill Park: 16.3 mi
- West Place Park: 16.9 mi
- Sedillo Park: 16.9 mi
- School of Mines Heritage Park: 17.1 mi
Attractions: 11
- Clemens Ranch House Historic Site: 1.2 mi
- Clemens Ranch House: 1.2 mi
- Hilton House: 2.9 mi
- Old Jail House: 3.3 mi
- Dobson House Historic Site: 3.3 mi
Picnic sites: 10
- Sandbar Riverine Park: 18.4 mi
- 1: 22.4 mi
- 2: 22.4 mi
- 3: 22.4 mi
- 4: 22.4 mi
Museums: 3
- Box Car Museum: 3.4 mi
- New Mexico Bureau of Geology Mineral Museum: 16.5 mi
- Hammel Museum: 17.3 mi
Gardens: 3
- López Rose Garden: 16.4 mi
- Dowdle Family Memorial Garden: 16.4 mi
- Brown Hall Rose Garden: 16.6 mi
Cliffs: 2
- Hells Mesa: 15.4 mi
- Mesa Cencerro: 16.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Riley: 19.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Tip Top Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Baldy | S 179° | 3,279 m | 7.2 mi |
| Timber Peak | SSE 168° | 3,181 m | 8.3 mi |
| Mount Withington | SW 229° | 3,077 m | 22.5 mi |
| Tower Peak | SW 226° | 3,026 m | 22.9 mi |
| North Baldy | S 170° | 3,003 m | 3.2 mi |
| A-L Peak | SW 231° | 2,940 m | 20.1 mi |
| Buck Peak | SSE 156° | 2,764 m | 8.6 mi |
| North Peak | NE 40° | 2,763 m | 0.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 19:47 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:26 | 17:04 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 44 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Socorro, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 901469 — Tip Top Mountain, Socorro County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357589359
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