Veteado Mountain
Veteado Mountain rises to 2,593 m in New Mexico. Lone Mountain stands 2,634 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Techado Mountain, a peak 5.0 miles away. Chain of Craters Back Country Byway passes 15 miles off. 52 named places lie within 25 miles, 46 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49086998, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,593 m
How to reach it
- 15.2 mi off the Chain of Craters Back Country Byway
52 named places within 25 miles
- Techado Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Cerro Gatos: 5.5 mi
- Gobbler Knob: 6.1 mi
- Cerro Brujos: 7.0 mi
- Toms Rock: 7.7 mi
- Peñasco Bluff: 11.9 mi
- Hoya de Cibola Vent: 24.7 mi
- Red Cliffs: 24.9 mi
- Lightning Field: 12.2 mi
- Lava Falls Area: 22.1 mi
- The Lightning Field: 12.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Veteado Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Mountain | SE 139° | 2,634 m | 24.1 mi |
| Capital Dome | SE 142° | 2,605 m | 23.1 mi |
| Cerro Alto | N 5° | 2,593 m | 15.3 mi |
| Cerro Lobo | NNE 14° | 2,528 m | 19.6 mi |
| Castle Dome | SE 141° | 2,514 m | 23.7 mi |
| Cerro Chato | NNE 16° | 2,504 m | 17.7 mi |
| Techado Mountain | SSW 193° | 2,490 m | 5.0 mi |
| Cerro Piedrita | NNE 13° | 2,487 m | 20.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:52 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 19:53 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:28 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 34 | 40 | 46 | 54 | 63 | 68 | 66 | 60 | 50 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Quemado, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 896129 — Veteado Mountain, Catron County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357581617
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