New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum
New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum is a museum in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,266 m. Organ Needle stands 2,708 m to the east-northeast, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Candlelight Knolls Park, a park 0.6 miles away. El Camino Real passes 3.8 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
interactive museum in Las Cruces, New Mexico
Dates from 1998.
Wikidata Q7010182, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the El Camino Real, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Candlelight Knolls Park: 0.6 mi
- La Buena Vida Park: 0.7 mi
- Gus Vlachakis Park: 1.0 mi
- Hillrise Mini Park: 1.2 mi
- Majestic Terrace Park: 1.3 mi
- Tortugas Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Bar Mountain: 7.7 mi
- Chimney Rock: 8.5 mi
- Peña Blanca: 8.6 mi
- Black Mesa: 9.2 mi
- Shack: 1.0 mi
- Shack and tower: 1.1 mi
- Seismic Laboratory: 1.2 mi
- Old Main: 2.3 mi
- Frank Bromilow Mall Commemorative Plaque: 2.3 mi
- NMSU University Art Museum: 2.1 mi
- NMSU University Museum: 2.1 mi
- Museum of Nature & Science: 3.6 mi
- Art Museum: 3.6 mi
- Branigan Cultural Center: 3.6 mi
- NMSU: 1.8 mi
- The Traders: 2.1 mi
- Class of 1931 Commemorative: 2.2 mi
- The Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 2.3 mi
- Weston Engine Co. Painted Post NY: 2.3 mi
- Pat Garrett's Grave: 3.8 mi
- World's Largest Chili Pepper: 5.2 mi
- La Cueva: 7.8 mi
- Sandia Gulch Begin: 9.8 mi
- Sandia Gulch End: 10.4 mi
- Mine House Spring: 8.2 mi
- Middle Spring: 8.5 mi
- Dripping Springs: 8.9 mi
- Filmore Spring: 9.0 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Northbound: 20.9 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Southbound: 21.1 mi
- Rest Area I-10 (West Bound): 21.8 mi
- Southern Comfort Wall: 9.0 mi
- The Tooth: 9.3 mi
- South Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- North Picnic Area: 18.0 mi
- Fillmore waterfall: 8.4 mi
- Lanark: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organ Needle | ENE 71° | 2,708 m | 9.8 mi |
| Organ Peak | ENE 78° | 2,668 m | 10.3 mi |
| The Needles | ENE 66° | 2,565 m | 9.5 mi |
| Baldy Peak | E 81° | 2,564 m | 9.5 mi |
| Granite Peak | E 79° | 2,554 m | 11.9 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | ENE 72° | 2,443 m | 10.8 mi |
| Rabbit Ears | ENE 60° | 2,440 m | 9.6 mi |
| Baylor Peak | NE 52° | 2,337 m | 10.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:46 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 19:41 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:33 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:29 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 49 | 55 | 62 | 71 | 80 | 82 | 81 | 75 | 64 | 52 | 44 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — State Univ, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/51460241
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