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Alice Kase Memorial Bench

Alice Kase Memorial Bench from directly overhead

Alice Kase Memorial Bench is a historic site in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,425 m. South Baldy stands 3,279 m to the west-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Robert M. Lockhart Plaque, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Socorro Historical District Scenic Byway passes 1.1 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
wood
Inscription
In Loving Memory of Alice Ericksen Kase • 1933-2007 • “Have fun, Ladies”
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates34.06817, -106.91234

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 34
Historic sites: 18
Artworks: 15
  • Passage of the Earth and the Sky: 0.2 mi
  • "The Past", "The Present", and "The Future": 0.3 mi
  • The Desert Maiden: 0.4 mi
  • NMT Arranged Rocks: 0.4 mi
  • EMRTC Rattlesnake: 0.5 mi
Parks: 14
  • NMT Alumni Hill Park: 0.4 mi
  • Sedillo Park: 0.9 mi
  • West Place Park: 1.0 mi
  • School of Mines Heritage Park: 1.1 mi
  • Socorro Gun Range: 8.7 mi
Attractions: 10
Picnic sites: 10
  • Sandbar Riverine Park: 2.6 mi
  • 1: 16.3 mi
  • 3: 16.3 mi
  • 2: 16.3 mi
  • 4: 16.3 mi
Gardens: 3
  • López Rose Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Dowdle Family Memorial Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Brown Hall Rose Garden: 0.5 mi
Museums: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Alice Kase Memorial Bench. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South BaldyWSW 251°3,279 m16.7 mi
Timber PeakWSW 247°3,181 m15.5 mi
North BaldyW 265°3,003 m15.4 mi
Tip Top MountainW 277°2,773 m16.1 mi
Buck PeakWSW 245°2,764 m13.8 mi
North PeakW 277°2,763 m16.0 mi
Italian PeakSW 235°2,752 m16.8 mi
Molino PeakSW 235°2,701 m14.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4719:20
June solstice05:5719:4620:23
September equinox06:5618:3319:06
December solstice07:1016:2417:03

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384451586674777569574637
Precip in0.30.30.50.30.40.42.42.11.30.90.40.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Socorro, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7396511714

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