Cloud Climbing Railroad Historical Marker
Cloud Climbing Railroad Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 2,642 m. Cathey Peak stands 2,941 m to the south-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Cloudcroft Lodge Historic Site, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Sunspot Scenic Byway runs past it. 86 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2642 m
How to reach it
- On the Sunspot Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
86 named places within 25 miles
- Calico Peak: 5.2 mi
- Red Hill: 5.6 mi
- Alamo Peak: 7.1 mi
- Ortega Peak: 8.6 mi
- Hershberger Peak: 9.1 mi
- Zenith Park: 0.3 mi
- John P. Stapp Air / Space Park: 10.7 mi
- Stapp Air Space Park: 10.7 mi
- Paiute Park: 11.1 mi
- University Park: 11.7 mi
- Cloudcroft Lodge Historic Site: 0.0 mi
- High Rolls Tunnel: 6.7 mi
- The Alamogordo "A": 10.5 mi
- USAF Space Plane 001: 10.7 mi
- X-7A: 10.7 mi
- Sacramento Mountains Historical Society Museum: 0.4 mi
- New Mexico Museum of Space History: 10.6 mi
- Toy Train Depot: 13.0 mi
- Tularosa Basin Museum of History: 13.2 mi
- Alamogordo Astronaut Memorial: 10.6 mi
- Grave of Ham the Astrochimp: 10.7 mi
- Alamogordo Founders Park: 13.2 mi
- Sacramento Columbarium: 15.7 mi
- Antarctic Telescope: 12.6 mi
- Giant Pistachio: 14.6 mi
- Sacramento mountains murle: 15.8 mi
- Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor: 21.0 mi
- Astronaut Memorial Garden: 10.6 mi
- Alamogordo Community Garden: 12.4 mi
- Prayer garden: 15.7 mi
- Trestle Picnic Area: 0.4 mi
- Karr Spring: 5.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cloud Climbing Railroad Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cathey Peak | SSW 198° | 2,941 m | 10.9 mi |
| Sacramento Peak | SSW 201° | 2,821 m | 12.6 mi |
| Alamo Peak | SW 215° | 2,820 m | 7.1 mi |
| Prestridge Hill | SSE 147° | 2,638 m | 11.2 mi |
| Harley Mountain | NNE 26° | 2,637 m | 15.6 mi |
| Jefferies Peak | SSE 166° | 2,591 m | 22.1 mi |
| Seep Peak | SE 141° | 2,486 m | 15.8 mi |
| Mule Peak | SW 217° | 2,462 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:42 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 19:39 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:29 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:23 | 17:01 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 38 | 45 | 52 | 60 | 60 | 59 | 55 | 47 | 38 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cloudcroft, 3 mi away.
- Mule Deer1,032 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco752 obs
- Southwestern Ponderosa Pine689 obs
- Pine Siskin593 obs
- Pygmy Nuthatch521 obs
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird518 obs
- quaking aspen502 obs
- Mountain Chickadee497 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/357611966
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