White Mesa
White Mesa rises to 1,348 m in New Mexico. Lone Mesa stands 1,502 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Sand Hill, a peak 6.2 miles away. Mesalands Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off. 83 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in De Baca County, New Mexico, United States
Wikidata Q49089349, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1348 m
How to reach it
- 27.4 mi off the Mesalands Scenic Byway
83 named places within 25 miles
- Portrail of Billy the Kid: 14.2 mi
- Portrait of Pat Garrett: 14.2 mi
- Portrait of Barboncito: 14.2 mi
- Portrait of Granado Mucho: 14.2 mi
- Dariland Sign (handpainted, disc-shaped): 16.8 mi
- Sand Hill: 6.2 mi
- Lomas Gatos: 6.9 mi
- Watts Hill: 8.6 mi
- Table Mountain: 9.1 mi
- The Mesa: 9.4 mi
- Fort Sumner State Monument: 14.0 mi
- Early Spanish Route Historical Marker: 19.3 mi
- Fort Sumner State Monument Historical Marker: 19.3 mi
- Fort Sumner Historical Marker: 19.3 mi
- Baxter Park: 22.5 mi
- The Mesa: 9.3 mi
- The Cap Rock: 13.1 mi
- Charlotte Point: 20.9 mi
- Explosion Rocks Tolar: 11.0 mi
- Sunnyside Springs Historic Marker: 20.1 mi
- Fort Sumner Historic Site/Bosque Redondo Memorial: 14.2 mi
- Billy The Kid Museum: 18.4 mi
- Rodrick Drug Store Historic Site: 19.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of White Mesa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Mesa | N 350° | 1,502 m | 24.3 mi |
| San Juan Mesa | SSE 165° | 1,447 m | 23.6 mi |
| The Mesa | SE 124° | 1,437 m | 9.4 mi |
| Negrohead Butte | SE 126° | 1,428 m | 11.1 mi |
| Twin Mesa | NNW 335° | 1,412 m | 21.4 mi |
| Candy Mesa | NNW 336° | 1,388 m | 17.5 mi |
| Taiban Peak | N 353° | 1,345 m | 11.8 mi |
| Watts Hill | SW 217° | 1,309 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:35 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:21 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 16:12 | 16:51 |
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 | 39 | 43 | 52 | 59 | 68 | 78 | 80 | 78 | 71 | 59 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Sumner 5 S, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 899986 — White Mesa, De Baca County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357586606
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