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The Gadsen Museum

The Gadsen Museum from directly overhead

The Gadsen Museum is a museum in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,183 m. Organ Needle stands 2,708 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Mesilla Plaza, a park 0.1 miles away. El Camino Real runs past it. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
1183 m

How to reach it

Coordinates32.27472, -106.79334

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mesilla Plaza: 0.1 mi
  • Town Hall Park: 0.5 mi
  • College Manor Park: 1.1 mi
  • Mesilla Park Recreation Center: 1.4 mi
  • El Encanto Parquite: 1.5 mi
Historic sites: 18
Museums: 10
  • Las Cruces Railroad Museum: 2.4 mi
  • NMSU University Museum: 2.5 mi
  • NMSU University Art Museum: 2.5 mi
  • Museum of Nature & Science: 2.7 mi
  • Art Museum: 2.7 mi
Artworks: 9
Attractions: 7
  • Pat Garrett's Grave: 1.9 mi
  • World's Largest Chili Pepper: 2.7 mi
  • Sandia Gulch Begin: 7.2 mi
  • Sandia Gulch End: 8.0 mi
  • La Cueva: 12.3 mi
Springs: 4
Rest areas: 3
Cliffs: 2
  • Southern Comfort Wall: 13.5 mi
  • The Tooth: 13.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • South Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
  • North Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Fillmore waterfall: 12.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • Kilbourne Hole ACEC: 23.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Organ NeedleENE 70°2,708 m14.4 mi
Organ PeakENE 75°2,668 m14.8 mi
The NeedlesENE 67°2,565 m14.0 mi
Baldy PeakENE 77°2,564 m14.0 mi
Granite PeakENE 76°2,554 m16.4 mi
Sugarloaf PeakENE 71°2,443 m15.4 mi
Rabbit EarsENE 63°2,440 m14.2 mi
Baylor PeakENE 57°2,337 m15.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4719:19
June solstice06:0219:4220:18
September equinox06:5618:3319:05
December solstice07:0516:3017:07

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444955627180828175645244
Precip in0.50.40.30.20.40.61.81.71.40.80.40.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — State Univ, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/107844570

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