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Tolby Peak

Tolby Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Tolby Peak rises to 3,513 m in New Mexico. Wheeler Peak stands 4,011 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Phillips, a peak 1.2 miles away. Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway passes 5.4 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
3513 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.48920, -105.17556

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 27
  • Cimarron Canyon State Park: 3.6 mi
  • Cimarron Canyon Wildlife Area: 4.4 mi
  • Gravel Pit Lakes: 4.6 mi
  • Enchanted Eagle Park: 6.7 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 7.4 mi
Attractions: 18
  • Homebound Ampitheater: 12.0 mi
  • Covered Wagon: 12.8 mi
  • Welcome Wagon: 12.8 mi
  • T-Rex Track: 13.5 mi
  • Cimarron Santa Fe National Historic Trail Interpretive Plaza: 14.4 mi
Museums: 11
  • Eagle Nest Visitor Center & Gateway Museum: 6.4 mi
  • Villa Philmonte: 12.7 mi
  • Old Aztec Mill Museum: 14.1 mi
  • Kit Carson Museum: 16.1 mi
  • Little Red School House: 19.4 mi
Artworks: 6
  • Eagle: 6.6 mi
  • The Wonders of Discovery: 12.5 mi
  • Tipi: 14.2 mi
  • Native Art: 22.6 mi
  • Padre Antonio Jose Martinez: 22.9 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Cliffs: 2
Springs: 2
  • Crooked Creek Spring: 4.8 mi
  • Apache Spring: 9.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Tolby Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wheeler PeakWNW 289°4,011 m14.2 mi
Mount WalterWNW 291°3,996 m14.2 mi
Old Mike PeakWNW 287°3,989 m13.4 mi
Simpson PeakWNW 287°3,953 m13.9 mi
Lake Fork PeakWNW 286°3,929 m15.6 mi
Red DomeWNW 289°3,868 m12.6 mi
Lew Wallace PeakWNW 283°3,779 m12.6 mi
Baldy MountainNNW 348°3,765 m9.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3919:13
June solstice05:4419:4420:23
September equinox06:4918:2518:59
December solstice07:1016:0916:50

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222634404957626054433223
Precip in0.60.91.31.51.31.12.92.81.61.30.90.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eagle Nest, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357584141

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