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New Mexico Bureau of Geology Mineral Museum

New Mexico Bureau of Geology Mineral Museum from directly overhead

New Mexico Bureau of Geology Mineral Museum is a museum in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,409 m. South Baldy stands 3,279 m to the west-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is New Mexico Tech Entrance Sign, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. El Camino Real passes 0.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.06827, -106.90441

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Socorro Peak (East): 3.2 mi
  • Socorro Peak (West): 3.4 mi
  • Pueblo Point: 3.5 mi
  • Black Mountain (South): 5.6 mi
  • Johnson Hill: 5.7 mi
Springs: 34
Historic sites: 19
Artworks: 15
  • New Mexico Tech Entrance Sign: 0.0 mi
  • In Search of the Light: 0.1 mi
  • NMT Arranged Rocks: 0.1 mi
  • "The Past", "The Present", and "The Future": 0.2 mi
  • The Desert Maiden: 0.2 mi
Parks: 14
  • Sedillo Park: 0.4 mi
  • NMT Alumni Hill Park: 0.5 mi
  • West Place Park: 0.7 mi
  • School of Mines Heritage Park: 0.8 mi
  • Socorro Gun Range: 8.8 mi
Attractions: 10
Picnic sites: 10
  • Sandbar Riverine Park: 2.2 mi
  • 1: 16.2 mi
  • 3: 16.2 mi
  • 2: 16.2 mi
  • 4: 16.2 mi
Gardens: 3
  • Brown Hall Rose Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Dowdle Family Memorial Garden: 0.2 mi
  • López Rose Garden: 0.2 mi
Museums: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of New Mexico Bureau of Geology Mineral Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South BaldyWSW 252°3,279 m17.1 mi
Timber PeakWSW 247°3,181 m15.9 mi
North BaldyW 266°3,003 m15.9 mi
Tip Top MountainW 277°2,773 m16.5 mi
Buck PeakWSW 246°2,764 m14.2 mi
North PeakW 277°2,763 m16.5 mi
Italian PeakSW 236°2,752 m17.1 mi
Molino PeakSW 236°2,701 m14.8 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, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/601412873

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