Dog Canyon Historical Marker
Dog Canyon Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,323 m. Cathey Peak stands 2,941 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Alamogordo Founders Park, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Sunspot Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off. 86 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1323 m
How to reach it
- 10.3 mi off the Sunspot Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Nelson Canyon Vista Interpretive Site · 11 mi
- Haynes Canyon Vista · 12 mi
- Haynes Canyon Vista Observation Site · 12 mi
- Trestle Vista Observation Site · 13 mi
86 named places within 25 miles
- Steamboat: 5.0 mi
- Ortega Peak: 5.1 mi
- The Roundup Ground: 5.1 mi
- Hershberger Peak: 5.4 mi
- The Mesa: 5.7 mi
- Alameda Park: 0.7 mi
- Rose Garden: 0.8 mi
- Garden Center Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
- Rutz Park: 1.1 mi
- Circle Drive Park: 1.1 mi
- Harry Francis Acley House Historic Site: 0.2 mi
- Otero County Fairgrounds: 1.9 mi
- German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Tornado PA-200: 2.7 mi
- XQ-4A: 2.7 mi
- X-7A: 2.7 mi
- Tularosa Basin Museum of History: 0.0 mi
- Toy Train Depot: 1.0 mi
- New Mexico Museum of Space History: 2.7 mi
- Sacramento Mountains Historical Society Museum: 13.6 mi
- White Sands National Park: 15.3 mi
- Alamogordo Founders Park: 0.0 mi
- Grave of Ham the Astrochimp: 2.7 mi
- Alamogordo Astronaut Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Sacramento Columbarium: 24.4 mi
- Giant Pistachio: 6.9 mi
- Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor: 7.9 mi
- Antarctic Telescope: 11.3 mi
- Sacramento mountains murle: 24.5 mi
- Alamogordo Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Astronaut Memorial Garden: 2.7 mi
- Prayer garden: 24.4 mi
- Karr Spring: 8.6 mi
- Trestle Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dog Canyon Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cathey Peak | SE 124° | 2,941 m | 11.3 mi |
| Sacramento Peak | SE 134° | 2,821 m | 11.2 mi |
| Alamo Peak | ESE 102° | 2,820 m | 8.8 mi |
| Prestridge Hill | ESE 106° | 2,638 m | 19.5 mi |
| Seep Peak | ESE 110° | 2,486 m | 24.1 mi |
| Mule Peak | SE 143° | 2,462 m | 8.0 mi |
| Long Ridge | SE 134° | 2,446 m | 7.2 mi |
| Potato Knob | SE 125° | 2,407 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 19:40 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:29 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:24 | 17:02 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 49 | 55 | 63 | 72 | 81 | 81 | 79 | 74 | 63 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alamogordo, 1 mi away.
- Devilshead282 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle96 obs
- Rock Pigeon79 obs
- Eurasian Collared-Dove37 obs
- White-winged Dove30 obs
- Rock Squirrel25 obs
- silverleaf nightshade24 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk23 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/357612161
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