Whitetop Hill
Whitetop Hill rises to 1,909 m in New Mexico. Burro Peak stands 2,445 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Hornbrook Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49089663, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,909 m
How to reach it
- 25.1 mi off the Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Hornbrook Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Gold Hill: 3.5 mi
- Walker Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Apache Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Round Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Peterson Spring: 2.2 mi
- Juniper Spring: 2.9 mi
- Grapevine Spring: 7.4 mi
- Rustler Spring: 9.0 mi
- Mud Spring: 10.7 mi
- Comanche Pit: 23.9 mi
- Adonis Pit: 24.2 mi
- Raven Pitt: 24.2 mi
- North Pit: 24.3 mi
- King Bolt Pit: 24.5 mi
- Butterfield Trail: 13.3 mi
- Short Park: 15.3 mi
- Boston Hill Open Space: 24.3 mi
- Greg Goyo Park: 25.0 mi
- Tyrone: 16.1 mi
- Shakespeare: 17.3 mi
- Separ: 17.7 mi
- Lordsburg Hidalgo County Museum: 14.6 mi
- Shakespeare Historical Marker: 17.3 mi
- Yucca Rest Area: 21.9 mi
- Gila Middle Box Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Whitetop Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burro Peak | NNE 17° | 2,445 m | 10.1 mi |
| Jacks Peak | NNE 20° | 2,428 m | 9.7 mi |
| Ferguson Mountain | NNE 15° | 2,424 m | 10.3 mi |
| Hornbrook Mountain | WNW 294° | 2,136 m | 1.8 mi |
| Bullard Peak | N 350° | 2,130 m | 18.1 mi |
| Apache Mountain | W 271° | 2,114 m | 4.8 mi |
| Indian Hill | NNE 25° | 2,071 m | 10.8 mi |
| Red Hill | NNE 29° | 2,029 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:53 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 19:49 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:40 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:36 | 17:13 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 48 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — White Signal, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 912342 — Whitetop Hill, Grant County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357600253
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