North Open Reserve
North Open Reserve is a nature reserve in Texas, at a recorded elevation of 1,250 m. North Franklin Mountain stands 2,186 m to the north-northwest, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugarloaf Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Texas Mountain Trail passes 4.5 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1250 m
How to reach it
- 4.5 mi off the Texas Mountain Trail
- 5.4 mi off the El Camino Real, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Logan Heights Park: 0.9 mi
- Roadrunner Park: 0.9 mi
- Omar N Bradley Park Historical Site WBAMC: 1.2 mi
- Johnson Basin Park: 1.3 mi
- Summit Fillmore Park: 1.5 mi
- Field of Honor: 2.2 mi
- B-36 Crash Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Memorial Circle: 2.8 mi
- Fort Bliss, C.S.A.: 3.3 mi
- Southwestern General Hospital: 3.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Mount Franklin: 2.0 mi
- South Franklin Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Ranger Peak: 2.7 mi
- Point 5150: 2.8 mi
- Franklin Mountains State Park Headquarters: 1.6 mi
- Combined Arms Heritage Park: 2.1 mi
- 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss Museum: 2.1 mi
- 3rd Calvary Museum: 3.1 mi
- National Border Patrol Museum: 4.5 mi
- The Equestrian: 4.8 mi
- Mining Minds: 5.6 mi
- Mountain Lion Mural: 5.6 mi
- Blue Flame: 5.7 mi
- Clouds: 5.7 mi
- Bob-0: 5.9 mi
- La Union Maze: 11.8 mi
- Centro Recreativo Anitas: 12.9 mi
- Centro Recreativo Anitas: 12.9 mi
- Centro Recreativo Anitas: 13.0 mi
- South Open Reserve: 0.8 mi
- Knapp Land Conservation Easement: 1.6 mi
- Thunder Canyon Conservation Easement: 3.0 mi
- City Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Charlie Wakeem/Richard Teschner Nature Preserve of Resler Canyon: 5.3 mi
- Smeltertown: 5.4 mi
- Smeltertown: 5.5 mi
- Lanark: 22.8 mi
- Japaneese Garden: 2.8 mi
- Chihuahuan Desert Gardens: 5.5 mi
- Rest Area I-10 (West Bound): 13.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of North Open Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Franklin Mountain | NNW 336° | 2,186 m | 4.9 mi |
| Anthonys Nose | NNW 345° | 2,081 m | 8.7 mi |
| South Franklin Mountain | NW 315° | 2,070 m | 2.6 mi |
| Indian Peak | NNW 343° | 1,985 m | 4.9 mi |
| The Mammoth | NW 311° | 1,982 m | 2.8 mi |
| Mount Franklin | WSW 257° | 1,870 m | 2.0 mi |
| Ranger Peak | SSW 211° | 1,711 m | 2.7 mi |
| North Anthonys Nose | NNW 343° | 1,619 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 19:39 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:32 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:30 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 52 | 59 | 67 | 75 | 84 | 84 | 83 | 77 | 67 | 55 | 46 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — EL Paso Intl AP, 5 mi away.
- Creosote Bush698 obs
- Devilshead664 obs
- lechuguilla467 obs
- Graham's nipple cactus442 obs
- Texas rainbow cactus406 obs
- ocotillo263 obs
- Texas Hedgehog Cactus259 obs
- Chihuahuan fishhook cactus79 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1287692288
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