Skip to content

Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks, seen from above at true elevation

Twin Peaks rises to 1,695 m in New Mexico. Brushy Mountain stands 2,320 m to the northeast, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Fish Spring, a spring 2.9 miles away. Black Hills Back Country Byway passes 15 miles off.

The story

Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49086234, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1,695 m

How to reach it

Coordinates32.92618, -109.03617

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Fish Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Indian Spring: 3.1 mi
  • McNaire Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Horse Pasture Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Dark Thunder Spring: 3.7 mi
Parks: 7
  • Hell Hole Wilderness Study Area: 8.4 mi
  • Blackbridge Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
  • Riverview Park: 17.2 mi
  • Sumitomo Park: 18.3 mi
  • County Ball fields: 18.3 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • Old Virden School: 16.6 mi
  • Morenci Southern Railway: 16.9 mi
  • Graves: 19.0 mi
  • Leopold Vista Historical Monument: 21.4 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Greenlee County Fairgrounds: 13.5 mi
  • Shovel: 17.7 mi
Museums: 1
  • Greenlee County Historical: 17.9 mi
Hot springs: 1
Cliffs: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Frisco Camp Picnic Site: 20.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Sardine Falls: 23.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Twin Peaks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Brushy MountainNE2,320 m6.2 mi
Maverick HillN2,280 m7.1 mi
McMullen PeakN2,271 m6.4 mi
Tillie Hall PeakNNE2,222 m4.5 mi
Yellowjacket PeakNE2,147 m3.4 mi
Cold Spring MountainNNW2,143 m12.8 mi
Big Lue MountainsNNW2,139 m11.0 mi
Dry Section MountainENE2,127 m11.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5619:28
June solstice06:0919:5220:28
September equinox07:0518:4219:14
December solstice07:1616:3717:14

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434753606878828074625042
Precip in0.90.80.50.20.30.21.72.21.20.70.61.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Duncan, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357599898

More peaks in New Mexico

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Twin Peaks.

Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens