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Eagle Nest Wildlife Management Area

Eagle Nest Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Eagle Nest Wildlife Management Area is a nature reserve in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 2,590 m. Wheeler Peak stands 4,011 m to the west-northwest, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Eagle Nest Lake State Park, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway passes 1.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New Mexico Department of Game & Fish
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.52311, -105.24200

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 31
  • Enchanted Eagle Park: 2.5 mi
  • Cimarron Canyon Wildlife Area: 4.3 mi
  • Cimarron Canyon State Park: 5.1 mi
  • Gravel Pit Lakes: 6.2 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 6.4 mi
Historic sites: 22
Attractions: 19
  • T-Rex Track: 15.8 mi
  • Homebound Ampitheater: 16.2 mi
  • Covered Wagon: 16.9 mi
  • Welcome Wagon: 16.9 mi
  • Hlaukwima (South House): 17.8 mi
Museums: 11
  • Eagle Nest Visitor Center & Gateway Museum: 2.3 mi
  • Little Red School House: 15.3 mi
  • Villa Philmonte: 16.8 mi
  • Old Aztec Mill Museum: 17.8 mi
  • Taos Art Museum: 19.8 mi
Artworks: 7
  • Eagle: 2.5 mi
  • The Wonders of Discovery: 16.7 mi
  • Tipi: 17.9 mi
  • Native Art: 19.6 mi
  • Padre Antonio Jose Martinez: 20.1 mi
Springs: 3
  • Apache Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Crooked Creek Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Ponce de Leon Hot Springs: 24.5 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • Eagle Nest Lake State Park: 0.6 mi
  • Cimarron Canyon State Park: 4.3 mi
Cliffs: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Waterfalls: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Eagle Nest Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wheeler PeakWNW 284°4,011 m10.0 mi
Mount WalterWNW 285°3,996 m9.9 mi
Old Mike PeakW 280°3,989 m9.3 mi
Simpson PeakW 281°3,953 m9.7 mi
Lake Fork PeakW 280°3,929 m11.4 mi
Red DomeWNW 282°3,868 m8.4 mi
Vallecito MountainW 274°3,848 m12.2 mi
Kachina PeakWNW 283°3,804 m11.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3919:13
June solstice05:4419:4520:23
September equinox06:5018:2518:59
December solstice07:1016:1016:50

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222634404957626054433223
Precip in0.60.91.31.51.31.12.92.81.61.30.90.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eagle Nest, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/738036905

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