Emory Pass Historical Marker
Emory Pass Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 2,489 m. McKnight Mountain stands 3,092 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Cross-O Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2489 m
How to reach it
- On the Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway, National
- 11.4 mi off the Lake Valley Back Country Byway
- 11.7 mi off the Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway, National
- 26.0 mi off the El Camino Real, National
Overlooks nearby
- Emory Pass Vista · 1 mi
- Ruins Vista Picnic Area · 25 mi
- Austin Roberts Vista · 25 mi
- Senator Clinton P. Anderson Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cross-O Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Sawyers Peak: 2.5 mi
- Hillsboro Peak: 3.0 mi
- Seven Brothers Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Haystack Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Rock Spring: 5.0 mi
- Bald Hill Spring: 6.9 mi
- Negro Bill Spring: 7.3 mi
- Magnum Spring: 7.6 mi
- East Curtis Spring: 8.3 mi
- Percha Bank Historic Site: 3.5 mi
- Acklin Store Historic Site: 10.6 mi
- Luciana B Grijalva House Historic Site: 11.3 mi
- Otto Huechling House Historic Site: 12.9 mi
- Doctor Granville Wood House Historic Site: 12.9 mi
- Gooseberry Park: 9.2 mi
- Victorio Park: 10.4 mi
- Santa Rita Copper Mines Historical Marker: 19.2 mi
- Kneeling Nun Historical Marker: 19.2 mi
- Brannon Park: 21.2 mi
- Hermosa: 17.2 mi
- Lake Valley: 17.6 mi
- Santa Rita: 18.6 mi
- Black Range Museum: 11.6 mi
- Mimbres Culture Heritage Site Museum: 12.3 mi
- Whitmore Cabin (Ruins): 17.9 mi
- Lake Roberts Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- C: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Emory Pass Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKnight Mountain | NNW 334° | 3,092 m | 10.9 mi |
| Hillsboro Peak | NNW 346° | 3,053 m | 3.0 mi |
| Reeds Peak | NNW 342° | 3,048 m | 16.8 mi |
| Sawyers Peak | SSW 198° | 2,936 m | 2.5 mi |
| Aspen Mountain | NNW 332° | 2,922 m | 16.7 mi |
| Cross-O Mountain | NNW 342° | 2,890 m | 1.5 mi |
| Granite Peak | N 3° | 2,830 m | 6.3 mi |
| Victorio Park Mountain | N 357° | 2,723 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:50 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 19:47 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:37 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:32 | 17:09 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 44 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hillsboro, 12 mi away.
- Southwestern Ponderosa Pine57 obs
- Lambert's Locoweed31 obs
- Metcalfe's Beardtongue25 obs
- Gambel Oak18 obs
- Beardlip Penstemon17 obs
- Douglas-fir16 obs
- pinewoods geranium16 obs
- pineneedle beardtongue14 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/357611982
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