Yellow Mountain
Yellow Mountain rises to 1,886 m in New Mexico. Ladrón Peak stands 2,780 m to the east, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Riley, a ghost town 2.7 miles away. El Camino Real passes 20 miles off. 74 named places lie within 25 miles, 51 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Socorro County, New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49091288, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,886 m
How to reach it
- 19.8 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 27.6 mi off the Quebradas Back Country Byway
74 named places within 25 miles
- Monument Hill: 6.0 mi
- La Jara Peak: 6.9 mi
- Ladrón Peak: 7.6 mi
- Mesa Sarca: 7.7 mi
- Hells Mesa: 8.6 mi
- Hilton House: 20.6 mi
- Charles Ilfield Company Warehouse: 20.8 mi
- Dobson House Historic Site: 20.9 mi
- Old Jail House: 21.0 mi
- Sarracino Hall: 22.4 mi
- Chavez Springs: 14.8 mi
- Dove Spring: 16.5 mi
- San Lorenzo Spring: 16.7 mi
- Hell Canyon Spring: 21.8 mi
- Strozzi su Spring: 24.9 mi
- Tribute to Randall G. Sanders: 20.1 mi
- Official Scenic Historic Marker: 20.6 mi
- Magdalena Fault Historical Marker: 24.6 mi
- Hells Mesa: 8.7 mi
- Mesa Cencerro: 11.6 mi
- Cherry Town: 16.4 mi
- Bernado State Game Refuge: 22.8 mi
- Riley: 2.7 mi
- Box Car Museum: 20.8 mi
- Pronoun Cave Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 24.1 mi
- Bell: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Yellow Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ladrón Peak | E 82° | 2,780 m | 7.6 mi |
| Tip Top Mountain | S 176° | 2,773 m | 22.3 mi |
| North Peak | S 176° | 2,763 m | 22.3 mi |
| Indian Mesa | WSW 242° | 2,600 m | 19.0 mi |
| Gallinas Peak | SW 226° | 2,574 m | 20.1 mi |
| Magdalena Peak | S 184° | 2,482 m | 22.9 mi |
| Elephant Mountain | S 181° | 2,443 m | 24.2 mi |
| Hells Mesa | SSW 205° | 2,381 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 19:48 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:25 | 17:03 |
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 | 37 | 42 | 50 | 58 | 67 | 77 | 80 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Socorro 20 N, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357586869
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