Magdalena Fault Historical Marker
Magdalena Fault Historical Marker is a historic site in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 2,003 m. South Baldy stands 3,279 m to the southwest, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Wet Weather Spring, a spring 3.7 miles away. Quebradas Back Country Byway passes 11 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,003 m
How to reach it
- 10.6 mi off the Quebradas Back Country Byway
- 10.7 mi off the Socorro Historical District Scenic Byway
- 10.5 mi off the El Camino Real, National
Overlooks nearby
- Flight Deck · 22 mi
- Eagle Scout Deck · 23 mi
- Dabbler Deck · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Strawberry Peak: 4.8 mi
- Water Canyon Mesa: 5.2 mi
- North Baldy: 6.0 mi
- North Peak: 6.2 mi
- Tip Top Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Wet Weather Spring: 3.7 mi
- Strozzi su Spring: 3.9 mi
- Shakespeare Spring: 4.0 mi
- Garcia Canyon Spring: 4.9 mi
- Cabin Spring: 5.5 mi
- EMRTC Rattlesnake: 9.5 mi
- Passage of the Earth and the Sky: 10.0 mi
- "The Past", "The Present", and "The Future": 10.2 mi
- The Desert Maiden: 10.2 mi
- NMT Arranged Rocks: 10.2 mi
- Official Scenic Historic Marker: 8.9 mi
- Billing Smelter Historic Site: 9.4 mi
- Alice Kase Memorial Bench: 9.8 mi
- Texas Volunteers Memorial: 10.1 mi
- Linda Weiss Memorial: 10.2 mi
- Clemens Ranch House Historic Site: 7.0 mi
- Clemens Ranch House: 7.0 mi
- Socorro Peak "M": 7.1 mi
- Mancy Mine: 8.9 mi
- Hilton House: 9.0 mi
- NMT Alumni Hill Park: 10.0 mi
- West Place Park: 10.6 mi
- Sedillo Park: 10.7 mi
- Langmuir Research Site: 10.8 mi
- School of Mines Heritage Park: 10.8 mi
- Box Car Museum: 9.5 mi
- New Mexico Bureau of Geology Mineral Museum: 10.3 mi
- Hammel Museum: 11.1 mi
- López Rose Garden: 10.1 mi
- Dowdle Family Memorial Garden: 10.2 mi
- Brown Hall Rose Garden: 10.3 mi
- Hells Mesa: 19.2 mi
- Mesa Cencerro: 21.3 mi
- Sandbar Riverine Park: 12.3 mi
- Riley: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Magdalena Fault Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Baldy | SW 224° | 3,279 m | 8.6 mi |
| Timber Peak | SSW 212° | 3,181 m | 8.3 mi |
| North Baldy | WSW 250° | 3,003 m | 6.0 mi |
| Tip Top Mountain | W 280° | 2,773 m | 6.2 mi |
| Buck Peak | SSW 202° | 2,764 m | 7.3 mi |
| North Peak | W 280° | 2,763 m | 6.2 mi |
| Italian Peak | SSW 200° | 2,752 m | 11.2 mi |
| Molino Peak | SSW 193° | 2,701 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 19:47 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:34 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:25 | 17:04 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 44 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Socorro, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5502227945
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