Town Mountain
Town Mountain rises to 1,919 m in New Mexico. Hillsboro Peak stands 3,053 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake Valley, a ghost town 1.1 miles away. Lake Valley Back Country Byway passes 0.5 miles off. 85 named places lie within 25 miles, 56 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49084518, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,919 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Lake Valley Back Country Byway
- 13.5 mi off the Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway, National
- 17.0 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 20.7 mi off the Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Emory Pass Vista · 17 mi
85 named places within 25 miles
- Apache Hill: 1.3 mi
- Monument Peak: 2.0 mi
- Lee Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Berrenda Mountain: 3.1 mi
- O Bar O Peak: 3.2 mi
- Lake Valley: 1.2 mi
- Tom Eby Storage Building Historic Site: 12.3 mi
- Percha Bank Historic Site: 15.3 mi
- Trinidad Andazola House Historic Site: 17.4 mi
- Ramon Baca House Historic Site: 17.4 mi
- Rock Spring: 13.0 mi
- Libby Spring: 16.6 mi
- Derry Warm Spring: 18.7 mi
- 6 B Spring: 21.2 mi
- Bald Hill Spring: 21.2 mi
- Lake Valley: 1.1 mi
- Nutt: 13.0 mi
- Mowry City: 23.7 mi
- Uvas Valley Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 23.2 mi
- Old Town Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 23.3 mi
- Mimbres River Tract Wildlife Area: 23.3 mi
- Black Range Museum: 13.9 mi
- Mimbres Culture Heritage Site Museum: 23.4 mi
- Caballo Mountains Historic Marker: 22.7 mi
- City of Rocks Desert Botanical Garden: 24.4 mi
- Gooseberry Park: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Town Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsboro Peak | NW 325° | 3,053 m | 19.6 mi |
| Sawyers Peak | NW 314° | 2,936 m | 15.5 mi |
| Cross-O Mountain | NW 323° | 2,890 m | 18.2 mi |
| Granite Peak | NNW 333° | 2,830 m | 21.9 mi |
| Seven Brothers Mountain | NW 315° | 2,657 m | 13.9 mi |
| Cookes Peak | SSW 214° | 2,444 m | 15.2 mi |
| Thompson Cone | NW 308° | 2,396 m | 12.0 mi |
| Pine Flat Mountain | WNW 303° | 2,385 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:50 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 19:46 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:36 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:31 | 17:09 |
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 | 40 | 44 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hillsboro, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357582839
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