Zeller Peak
Zeller Peak rises to 2,244 m in New Mexico. Animas Mountains High Point stands 2,611 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Hatchet Peak, a peak 1.9 miles away. 33 named places lie within 25 miles, 27 of them named summits.
The story
Zeller Peak is a 7,426-foot elevation (2,263 m) mountain summit located in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States.
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Wikidata Q49091438, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,244 m
How to reach it
33 named places within 25 miles
- Big Hatchet Peak: 1.9 mi
- New Well Peak: 9.3 mi
- Little Top Hat Butte: 12.3 mi
- Hachita Peak: 12.8 mi
- Lalacha Peak: 12.8 mi
- Continental Divide Trail Southern Terminus: 16.0 mi
- Hachita Historic Marker: 18.2 mi
- Playas Siding: 24.9 mi
- Cowboy Rim: 15.8 mi
- Old Hachita: 17.5 mi
- Black Bill Spring: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Zeller Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animas Mountains High Point | WSW 254° | 2,611 m | 23.9 mi |
| Animas Peak | WSW 256° | 2,600 m | 23.5 mi |
| Big Hatchet Peak | S 183° | 2,542 m | 1.9 mi |
| Gillespie Mountain | W 270° | 2,218 m | 16.7 mi |
| 7K Peak | WSW 237° | 2,052 m | 16.3 mi |
| Center Peak | WSW 245° | 2,045 m | 18.8 mi |
| Anderson Mountain | WNW 282° | 2,028 m | 17.0 mi |
| Hachita Peak | NNW 345° | 2,016 m | 12.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:53 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 19:47 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:40 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:38 | 17:15 |
Local time (America/Ciudad_Juarez).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 46 | 52 | 59 | 67 | 76 | 79 | 77 | 72 | 61 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hachita 1W, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 897567 — Zeller Peak, Hidalgo County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357582884
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