Clock Tower at NMSU
Clock Tower at NMSU is an artwork in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,189 m. Organ Needle stands 2,708 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is 1912 Murray Corliss Steam Engine Restoration Project, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. El Camino Real passes 2.1 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the El Camino Real, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Preciado Park: 0.2 mi
- Tony Gomez Park: 0.7 mi
- Pat and Lou Sisbarro Community Park: 0.9 mi
- Frenger Park: 0.9 mi
- Salopek/Stull Park: 1.0 mi
- Tortugas Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Black Mesa: 7.5 mi
- Santo Tomas Mountain: 7.8 mi
- Picacho Mountain: 8.3 mi
- Peña Blanca: 9.7 mi
- Frank Bromilow Mall Commemorative Plaque: 0.0 mi
- Old Main: 0.1 mi
- SFC Antonio Rey "Rod" Rodriguez Memorial Interchange: 1.9 mi
- Shack: 2.9 mi
- Seismic Laboratory: 3.0 mi
- NMSU University Museum: 0.3 mi
- NMSU University Art Museum: 0.3 mi
- The Gadsen Museum: 2.3 mi
- New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum: 2.3 mi
- Museum of Nature & Science: 2.7 mi
- 1912 Murray Corliss Steam Engine Restoration Project: 0.0 mi
- Weston Engine Co. Painted Post NY: 0.0 mi
- The Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 0.1 mi
- Class of 1931 Commemorative: 0.2 mi
- The Traders: 0.2 mi
- Pat Garrett's Grave: 2.3 mi
- World's Largest Chili Pepper: 3.8 mi
- Sandia Gulch Begin: 8.7 mi
- Sandia Gulch End: 9.4 mi
- La Cueva: 10.1 mi
- Mine House Spring: 10.6 mi
- Middle Spring: 10.9 mi
- Dripping Springs: 11.2 mi
- Filmore Spring: 11.3 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Northbound: 21.0 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Southbound: 21.2 mi
- Rest Area I-10 (West Bound): 21.4 mi
- Southern Comfort Wall: 11.4 mi
- The Tooth: 11.7 mi
- South Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
- North Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Fillmore waterfall: 10.7 mi
- Lanark: 21.8 mi
- Kilbourne Hole ACEC: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Clock Tower at NMSU. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organ Needle | ENE 68° | 2,708 m | 12.1 mi |
| Organ Peak | ENE 74° | 2,668 m | 12.5 mi |
| The Needles | ENE 64° | 2,565 m | 11.8 mi |
| Baldy Peak | ENE 76° | 2,564 m | 11.7 mi |
| Granite Peak | ENE 75° | 2,554 m | 14.1 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | ENE 70° | 2,443 m | 13.1 mi |
| Rabbit Ears | ENE 59° | 2,440 m | 12.0 mi |
| Baylor Peak | NE 53° | 2,337 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:47 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 19:42 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:33 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:29 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 49 | 55 | 62 | 71 | 80 | 82 | 81 | 75 | 64 | 52 | 44 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — State Univ, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12651169299
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