Little Needles Eye
Little Needles Eye is a cliff in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,510 m. Cookes Peak stands 2,444 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Agate Point, a peak 2.2 miles away. Lake Valley Back Country Byway passes 27 miles off. 44 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1510 m
How to reach it
- 26.8 mi off the Lake Valley Back Country Byway
44 named places within 25 miles
- Agate Point: 2.2 mi
- Castle Rock: 3.7 mi
- Navajo Bill Hill: 4.4 mi
- Chimney Point: 4.5 mi
- Capitol Dome: 5.4 mi
- Florida Park: 9.5 mi
- Lloyd Pratz Athletic Complex: 9.7 mi
- Triangle Park: 10.0 mi
- South Park: 10.0 mi
- Elsie Vega Park: 10.0 mi
- Luna County Courthouse Historic Site: 10.2 mi
- Seaman Field House Historic Site: 10.3 mi
- Christ Light Community Church: 10.5 mi
- Deming-Luna-Mimbres Museum: 10.3 mi
- Play Sharity Childrens Museum: 10.6 mi
- Rest Area I-10 (West Bound): 18.3 mi
- Uvas Valley Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Little Needles Eye. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cookes Peak | NNW 341° | 2,444 m | 24.1 mi |
| Florida Peak | SSW 195° | 2,266 m | 5.9 mi |
| South Peak | SSW 195° | 2,156 m | 10.9 mi |
| Gym Peak | S 183° | 2,146 m | 9.7 mi |
| Baldy Peak | SSW 192° | 2,121 m | 8.3 mi |
| Capitol Dome | SW 214° | 1,804 m | 5.4 mi |
| North Peak | SSW 200° | 1,772 m | 21.2 mi |
| Middle Peak | SSW 198° | 1,747 m | 21.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:50 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 19:45 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:36 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 16:33 | 17:10 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 53 | 60 | 69 | 79 | 81 | 79 | 73 | 63 | 51 | 42 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Deming Muni AP, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357576291
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