Texas Volunteers Memorial
Texas Volunteers Memorial is a historic site in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,430 m. South Baldy stands 3,279 m to the west-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is NMT Alumni Hill Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Socorro Historical District Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off.
The story
Stone monument in the Socorro, New Mexico cemetery.
Wikidata Q124407827, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 2012-02-24
- Material
- stone
- Inscription
- For Southern Independence - Victory Awaits You
What to expect
- Operated by
- United Daughters of the Confederacy, Texas Division;Sons of the Confederacy, New Mexico Division; New Mexico Confederate Historical Society
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Socorro Historical District Scenic Byway
- 0.9 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 2.9 mi off the Quebradas Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Flight Deck · 18 mi
- Eagle Scout Deck · 18 mi
- Dabbler Deck · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Socorro Peak (East): 3.1 mi
- Socorro Peak (West): 3.2 mi
- Pueblo Point: 4.1 mi
- Black Mountain (South): 5.1 mi
- Black Mountain (West): 5.5 mi
- Cook Spring: 1.9 mi
- Socorro Spring: 2.2 mi
- Sedillo Spring: 2.4 mi
- Chupadera Spring: 5.3 mi
- Bursum Spring: 6.0 mi
- Linda Weiss Memorial: 0.5 mi
- NM School of Mines World War II Memorial: 0.5 mi
- NMT 90th Anniversary Plaque: 0.5 mi
- New Mexico Tech Land Donors Plaque: 0.5 mi
- Alice Kase Memorial Bench: 0.6 mi
- The Desert Maiden: 0.4 mi
- "The Past", "The Present", and "The Future": 0.5 mi
- NMT Arranged Rocks: 0.5 mi
- Passage of the Earth and the Sky: 0.5 mi
- Sunflowers on Adobe Wall: 0.6 mi
- Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Depot: 1.4 mi
- Socorro Peak "M": 3.0 mi
- Mancy Mine: 7.4 mi
- Sarracino Hall: 9.9 mi
- Clemens Ranch House Historic Site: 17.1 mi
- NMT Alumni Hill Park: 0.2 mi
- West Place Park: 0.5 mi
- School of Mines Heritage Park: 0.7 mi
- Sedillo Park: 0.9 mi
- Socorro Gun Range: 8.2 mi
- Dowdle Family Memorial Garden: 0.4 mi
- López Rose Garden: 0.5 mi
- Brown Hall Rose Garden: 0.5 mi
- New Mexico Bureau of Geology Mineral Museum: 0.6 mi
- Hammel Museum: 1.0 mi
- Box Car Museum: 19.6 mi
- Sandbar Riverine Park: 2.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Texas Volunteers Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Baldy | WSW 253° | 3,279 m | 16.7 mi |
| Timber Peak | WSW 249° | 3,181 m | 15.5 mi |
| North Baldy | W 268° | 3,003 m | 15.6 mi |
| Tip Top Mountain | W 279° | 2,773 m | 16.4 mi |
| Buck Peak | WSW 247° | 2,764 m | 13.8 mi |
| North Peak | W 279° | 2,763 m | 16.3 mi |
| Italian Peak | WSW 237° | 2,752 m | 16.6 mi |
| Molino Peak | WSW 237° | 2,701 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:47 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 19:46 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:24 | 17:03 |
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, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/5612477184
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