Astronaut Memorial Garden
Astronaut Memorial Garden is a garden in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,457 m. Cathey Peak stands 2,941 m to the southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Alamogordo Astronaut Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Sunspot Scenic Byway passes 8.4 miles off. 88 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 8.4 mi off the Sunspot Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
88 named places within 25 miles
- Ortega Peak: 3.2 mi
- Hershberger Peak: 4.0 mi
- The Roundup Ground: 5.0 mi
- Red Hill: 5.4 mi
- Steamboat: 5.5 mi
- John P. Stapp Air / Space Park: 0.1 mi
- Stapp Air Space Park: 0.1 mi
- University Park: 1.1 mi
- Paiute Park: 1.6 mi
- Circle Drive Park: 1.7 mi
- X-7A: 0.1 mi
- German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Tornado PA-200: 0.1 mi
- USAF Space Plane 001: 0.1 mi
- XQ-4A: 0.1 mi
- The Alamogordo "A": 1.5 mi
- New Mexico Museum of Space History: 0.0 mi
- Toy Train Depot: 2.4 mi
- Tularosa Basin Museum of History: 2.7 mi
- Sacramento Mountains Historical Society Museum: 11.0 mi
- White Sands National Park: 18.0 mi
- Alamogordo Astronaut Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Grave of Ham the Astrochimp: 0.0 mi
- Alamogordo Founders Park: 2.7 mi
- Sacramento Columbarium: 22.7 mi
- Giant Pistachio: 6.6 mi
- Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor: 10.6 mi
- Antarctic Telescope: 11.0 mi
- Sacramento mountains murle: 22.8 mi
- Alamogordo Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Prayer garden: 22.7 mi
- Karr Spring: 6.4 mi
- Trestle Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Astronaut Memorial Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cathey Peak | SE 138° | 2,941 m | 10.5 mi |
| Sacramento Peak | SSE 148° | 2,821 m | 10.8 mi |
| Alamo Peak | ESE 118° | 2,820 m | 7.1 mi |
| Prestridge Hill | ESE 113° | 2,638 m | 17.8 mi |
| Harley Mountain | NE 46° | 2,637 m | 23.8 mi |
| Jefferies Peak | SE 140° | 2,591 m | 24.6 mi |
| Seep Peak | ESE 116° | 2,486 m | 22.5 mi |
| Mule Peak | SSE 162° | 2,462 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 19:40 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:29 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:24 | 17:02 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 49 | 55 | 63 | 72 | 81 | 81 | 79 | 74 | 63 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alamogordo, 2 mi away.
- Devilshead277 obs
- Creosote Bush203 obs
- Texas rainbow cactus161 obs
- strawberry hedgehog cactus128 obs
- ocotillo116 obs
- honey mesquite41 obs
- Spanish dagger39 obs
- scarlet hedgehog cactus35 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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