Historic site · New Mexico

Susan Parks Historical Marker

Susan Parks Historical Marker from directly overhead

Susan Parks Historical Marker is a historic site in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,239 m. Florida Peak stands 2,266 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Columbus Historical Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. 34 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Inscription: Telephone Operator during the Pancho Villa Raid

Getting there

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Coordinates31.82836, -107.64021

Around it

34 named places within 25 miles

Peaks30

Black Hill: 2.3 mi
South Peak: 6.5 mi
Middle Peak: 7.1 mi
North Peak: 7.7 mi
Black Top: 7.9 mi

Parks3

Gazebo Plaza Park: 0.1 mi
Albert Fields Park: 0.6 mi
Parque Central: 3.3 mi

Museums1

Columbus Historical Museum: 0.0 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Florida Peak	N 3°	2,266 m	20.5 mi
South Peak	N 360°	2,156 m	15.7 mi
Gym Peak	N 7°	2,146 m	16.6 mi
Baldy Peak	N 3°	2,121 m	18.0 mi
Capitol Dome	N 359°	1,804 m	21.7 mi
North Peak	NW 324°	1,772 m	7.7 mi
Middle Peak	NW 324°	1,747 m	7.1 mi
Valiente Peak	WNW 282°	1,744 m	24.9 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:15	18:50	19:22
June solstice	06:06	19:44	20:20
September equinox	07:00	18:37	19:09
December solstice	07:07	16:34	17:11

Local time (America/Ciudad_Juarez).

Climate normals

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	45	50	57	64	73	82	83	81	76	66	53	45
Precip in	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.1	0.3	0.9	2.7	1.9	1.2	0.8	0.5	0.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbus, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13930152729

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