Tower Hill
Tower Hill rises to 1,067 m in New Mexico. Hat Mesa stands 1,194 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Maroon Cliffs, a cliff 3.6 miles away. Guadalupe Back Country Byway passes 25 miles off. 63 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49084443, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,067 m
How to reach it
- 25.3 mi off the Guadalupe Back Country Byway
63 named places within 25 miles
- Riverview Park: 16.6 mi
- Pecos River Village Recreation Area: 16.6 mi
- Lake Carlsbad Recreation Area: 16.7 mi
- Playground on the Pecos: 16.7 mi
- Alejandro Ruiz Memorial Park: 16.8 mi
- Maroon Cliffs: 3.6 mi
- LIvingston Ridge: 8.6 mi
- Culebra Bluff: 13.6 mi
- Telltale Bluffs: 15.1 mi
- Wildcat Bluff: 17.0 mi
- Sand Point: 7.2 mi
- Bushy Knob: 11.0 mi
- Indian Hill: 17.7 mi
- Hat Mesa: 17.9 mi
- Centinela Mound: 18.9 mi
- Alejandro R Ruiz Memorial: 16.8 mi
- Time Capsule: 16.8 mi
- M-42 Duster: 17.1 mi
- HOBBS PBR 19: 20.2 mi
- The Artist Gallery Carlsbad NM: 17.3 mi
- The Reader: 17.5 mi
- Lassiter Spring: 22.7 mi
- McGruder Spring: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tower Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hat Mesa | E 95° | 1,194 m | 17.9 mi |
| McGruder Hill | WSW 253° | 1,155 m | 24.2 mi |
| Centinela Mound | SSE 163° | 1,077 m | 18.9 mi |
| Indian Hill | WNW 294° | 1,041 m | 17.7 mi |
| Sand Point | W 267° | 1,032 m | 7.2 mi |
| Bushy Knob | SSW 205° | 983 m | 11.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:31 | 20:07 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:22 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 16:18 | 16:55 |
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 | 49 | 57 | 64 | 73 | 81 | 83 | 82 | 75 | 64 | 52 | 44 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waste Isolt'n Pilot PLT, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 895778 — Tower Hill, Eddy County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357581192
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