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Apodaca Park

Apodaca Park from directly overhead

Apodaca Park is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,203 m. Organ Needle stands 2,708 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Three Crosses Cactus Garden, a park 0.3 miles away. El Camino Real passes 1.5 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
1203 m

How to reach it

Coordinates32.33003, -106.77700

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Three Crosses Cactus Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Mesa Heights Park: 0.5 mi
  • East Cambridge Mini Park: 0.5 mi
  • Sacramento Mini Park: 0.6 mi
  • West Gallagher Mini Park: 0.7 mi
Peaks: 54
Historic sites: 16
Museums: 11
  • Branigan Cultural Center: 1.2 mi
  • Art Museum: 1.2 mi
  • Museum of Nature & Science: 1.2 mi
  • Las Cruces Railroad Museum: 1.6 mi
  • NMSU University Art Museum: 3.5 mi
Artworks: 9
Attractions: 7
  • Pat Garrett's Grave: 2.1 mi
  • World's Largest Chili Pepper: 2.2 mi
  • Sandia Gulch Begin: 5.9 mi
  • Sandia Gulch End: 6.6 mi
  • La Cueva: 10.7 mi
Springs: 4
Cliffs: 2
  • Southern Comfort Wall: 11.3 mi
  • The Tooth: 12.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • South Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
  • North Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Fillmore waterfall: 11.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Organ NeedleE 85°2,708 m12.6 mi
Organ PeakE 90°2,668 m13.3 mi
The NeedlesE 82°2,565 m12.1 mi
Baldy PeakE 93°2,564 m12.7 mi
Granite PeakE 89°2,554 m15.0 mi
Sugarloaf PeakE 85°2,443 m13.7 mi
Rabbit EarsENE 77°2,440 m11.9 mi
Baylor PeakENE 69°2,337 m12.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4719:19
June solstice06:0119:4220:18
September equinox06:5618:3319:05
December solstice07:0516:2917:07

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, 4 mi away.

  • fishhook barrel cactus57 obs
  • Creosote Bush39 obs
  • Mediterranean House Gecko37 obs
  • White-winged Dove36 obs
  • Greater Roadrunner32 obs
  • Curve-billed Thrasher28 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle22 obs
  • House Finch22 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/51476515

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