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Wildcat Bluff

Wildcat Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Wildcat Bluff is a cliff in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 956 m. Lookout Point stands 1,421 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Veteran's Memorial Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Guadalupe Back Country Byway passes 12 miles off. 87 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
956 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.41178, -104.21773
Around it

87 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 39
  • Veteran's Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • Plaza de San Jose: 0.7 mi
  • Millenium Park: 0.8 mi
  • Alejandro Ruiz Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
Peaks: 22
  • McGruder Hill: 7.4 mi
  • Round Mts (Three Twins): 9.9 mi
  • Round Mts (Three Twins): 9.9 mi
  • Round Mts (Three Twins): 10.1 mi
  • Sand Point: 10.4 mi
Historic sites: 6
Cliffs: 5
Nature reserves: 5
Attractions: 4
Springs: 3
  • Lassiter Spring: 6.1 mi
  • McGruder Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Jurnigan Spring: 15.6 mi
Artworks: 2
  • The Artist Gallery Carlsbad NM: 0.8 mi
  • The Reader: 0.9 mi
Museums: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wildcat Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lookout PointW 263°1,421 m19.8 mi
Bandanna PointWSW 255°1,406 m20.8 mi
Azotea MesaWSW 255°1,406 m20.8 mi
Cone ButteW 267°1,350 m19.4 mi
WaltW 274°1,347.826 m18.6 mi
Old Ranch KnollW 275°1,332 m18.4 mi
McKittrick HillW 262°1,309 m15.1 mi
Rizado PointWNW 283°1,290 m18.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3619:09
June solstice05:5119:3220:08
September equinox06:4618:2318:55
December solstice06:5516:1916:56

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444956647382848275655345
Precip in0.60.50.50.51.01.12.01.62.51.00.70.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carlsbad, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357582007

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