Blackjack's Hideout
Blackjack's Hideout is a park in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,961 m. Baldy Mountain stands 3,765 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Cimarron Santa Fe National Historic Trail Interpretive Plaza, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Santa Fe Trail runs past it.
How to reach it
- On the Santa Fe Trail, National
- 19.7 mi off the Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Base Camp View · 4 mi
- Base Camp View · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Slate Hill: 2.3 mi
- Indian Head: 2.6 mi
- Coyote Mesa: 4.1 mi
- Antelope Mesa: 4.3 mi
- Deer Lake Mesa: 6.6 mi
- Cimarron Canyon: 4.3 mi
- Philmont Scout Ranch Gateway Sign: 4.6 mi
- María de la Luz Beaubien Maxwell Historic Marker: 10.1 mi
- Cimarron Canyon Historical Marker: 11.9 mi
- Cimarron Canyon State Park: 12.1 mi
- Cimarron Canyon State Park: 14.0 mi
- Eagle Nest Wildlife Management Area: 18.1 mi
- Eagle Nest Lake State Park: 18.7 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 22.7 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 23.0 mi
- Cimarron Veterans Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Philmont Scout Ranch Historical Marker: 8.2 mi
- Gravel Pit Lakes: 12.4 mi
- Cimarron Canyon State Park: 13.2 mi
- Cimarron Canyon Wildlife Area: 14.6 mi
- Cimarron Santa Fe National Historic Trail Interpretive Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Welcome Wagon: 4.0 mi
- Covered Wagon: 4.2 mi
- Homebound Ampitheater: 5.0 mi
- T-Rex Track: 6.6 mi
- Old Aztec Mill Museum: 0.6 mi
- Villa Philmonte: 4.1 mi
- Kit Carson Museum: 10.1 mi
- Russell’s Truck & Car Muzeum: 18.4 mi
- Eagle Nest Visitor Center & Gateway Museum: 19.2 mi
- Tipi: 0.6 mi
- The Wonders of Discovery: 4.4 mi
- Eagle: 19.6 mi
- Betty's Bra: 8.7 mi
- Palisades: 13.5 mi
- Crooked Creek Spring: 14.3 mi
- Apache Spring: 24.1 mi
- Dawson: 13.2 mi
- Palisades Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Blackjack's Hideout. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldy Mountain | WNW 296° | 3,765 m | 18.4 mi |
| Touch-Me-Not Mountain | WNW 287° | 3,670 m | 16.5 mi |
| Mount Phillips | W 260° | 3,553 m | 13.7 mi |
| Bunkhouse Bare Point | W 260° | 3,550 m | 13.5 mi |
| Tolby Peak | W 264° | 3,513 m | 14.5 mi |
| Comanche Peak | W 260° | 3,445.2 m | 12.8 mi |
| Green Mountain | WNW 282° | 3,403 m | 15.8 mi |
| Agua Fria Peak | WSW 238° | 3,364 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:44 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:24 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:08 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 35 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 69 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 40 | 33 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cimarron 4 SW, 4 mi away.
- Mule Deer54 obs
- upright prairie coneflower8 obs
- tree cholla6 obs
- American Black Bear5 obs
- Zephyr Eyed Silkmoth5 obs
- Wild Turkey4 obs
- Rufous Hummingbird4 obs
- House Sparrow4 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.
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