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Bensing Park

Bensing Park from directly overhead

Bensing Park is a park in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,109 m. Indian Hill stands 1,139 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Humble Park, a park 0.4 miles away. 49 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates32.70598, -103.15108

49 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 32
Historic sites: 4
Peaks: 4
  • Indian Hill: 11.7 mi
  • Andrews County High Point: 16.0 mi
  • Windmill Hill: 20.2 mi
  • Jumbo Hill: 24.6 mi
Attractions: 3
Museums: 3
  • Lea County Western Museum: 4.2 mi
  • Lea County Museum: 20.1 mi
  • Lea County Museum: 20.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Monument Springs: 10.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Indian HillWSW 244°1,139 m11.7 mi
Andrews County High PointSSE 161°1,088 m16.0 mi
Windmill HillSSE 161°1,067 m20.2 mi
Jumbo HillSSE 150°1,044 m24.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:05
June solstice05:4619:2820:04
September equinox06:4218:1818:51
December solstice06:5216:1416:51

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424754627179818073635143
Precip in0.50.50.60.81.91.31.72.12.50.90.50.5

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

  • Mallard4 obs
  • House Sparrow4 obs
  • Rock Pigeon3 obs
  • White-lined Sphinx3 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle2 obs
  • Checkered White2 obs
  • Texas Horned Lizard2 obs
  • horseweed2 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/470700250

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