Clark Monument Number 4
Clark Monument Number 4 is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,248 m. Chalk Hill stands 1,235 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Virginia City, a ghost town 8.0 miles away. Texas Plains Trail passes 17 miles off. 42 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1248 m
How to reach it
- 17.5 mi off the Texas Plains Trail
42 named places within 25 miles
- Site of Virginia City: 8.1 mi
- Coyote Lake: 10.4 mi
- Maple Cemetery: 12.4 mi
- Pastores of Bailey County (UNDERTOLD): 17.5 mi
- La Pista de Vida Agua: 17.5 mi
- Rotary Park: 20.9 mi
- Greek Park: 21.1 mi
- Lindsey Park: 21.9 mi
- Confer Park: 21.9 mi
- Portales Recreation Complex: 22.7 mi
- Blackwater Draw Museum: 21.2 mi
- Roosevelt County Museum: 21.4 mi
- Mulleshoe Heritage Center: 23.7 mi
- Muleshoe Museum: 24.1 mi
- Blackwater Draw Locality 1: 24.9 mi
- Buffalo Soldier Hill: 15.5 mi
- Chalk Hill: 24.2 mi
- Ramsey Hill: 25.0 mi
- Virginia City: 8.0 mi
- Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge: 17.5 mi
- Blackwater Draw Rest area: 21.0 mi
- Roosevelt County Courthouse Historic Site: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Clark Monument Number 4. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chalk Hill | WNW 302° | 1,235 m | 24.2 mi |
| Buffalo Soldier Hill | S 185° | 1,218 m | 15.5 mi |
| Ramsey Hill | SE 136° | 1,151 m | 25.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:57 | 19:31 | 20:04 |
| June solstice | 06:42 | 20:30 | 21:07 |
| September equinox | 07:41 | 19:17 | 19:50 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 17:09 | 17:48 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 41 | 49 | 56 | 65 | 76 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Arch, 11 mi away.
- Red-winged Blackbird2 obs
- Pronghorn1 obs
- Great Plains Toad1 obs
- Texas Horned Lizard1 obs
- silverleaf nightshade1 obs
- Maximilian sunflower1 obs
- Hoary False Goldenaster1 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 node/356731685
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