Fort Craig Historical Marker
Fort Craig Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,390 m. South Baldy stands 3,279 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Valverde Battlefield Historical Marker, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. El Camino Real passes 0.3 miles off. 159 named places lie within 25 miles, 52 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1390 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 8.0 mi off the Quebradas Back Country Byway
- 11.2 mi off the Socorro Historical District Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Flight Deck · 6 mi
- Eagle Scout Deck · 6 mi
- Dabbler Deck · 7 mi
159 named places within 25 miles
- Cone RG: 4.7 mi
- Chupadera Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Cerro del Viboro: 7.8 mi
- Mangan: 8.5 mi
- Gramont Peak: 9.2 mi
- Chupadera Spring: 8.8 mi
- Sedillo Spring: 10.7 mi
- Socorro Spring: 10.8 mi
- Cook Spring: 11.3 mi
- Torreon Springs: 11.4 mi
- Mesa del Contadero: 15.9 mi
- Mesa del Contadero: 15.9 mi
- Mesa del Contadero: 16.1 mi
- Mesa del Contadero: 16.4 mi
- Mesa del Contadero: 16.6 mi
- M Mountain Mural: 11.3 mi
- Isidro Baca Park Marker: 11.4 mi
- Sunflowers on Adobe Wall: 11.4 mi
- Searching for an Oasis: 11.5 mi
- Socorro History Wheel: 11.5 mi
- Carthage Tokay Farley Historical Marker: 8.6 mi
- Billing Smelter Historic Site: 11.3 mi
- Isidro Baca Park Veterans' Memorial: 11.3 mi
- World War II Bataan Memorial: 11.4 mi
- Jumbo Fragment: 11.4 mi
- Mancy Mine: 8.9 mi
- Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Depot: 11.4 mi
- Socorro Peak "M": 13.3 mi
- Sarracino Hall: 21.6 mi
- Clemens Ranch House Historic Site: 23.1 mi
- Hammel Museum: 11.8 mi
- New Mexico Bureau of Geology Mineral Museum: 12.2 mi
- El Camino Real International Heritage Center: 24.1 mi
- Brown Hall Rose Garden: 12.1 mi
- Dowdle Family Memorial Garden: 12.1 mi
- López Rose Garden: 12.2 mi
- Fort Craig Rest Area Southbound: 24.1 mi
- Fort Craig Rest Area Northbound: 24.1 mi
- Sandbar Riverine Park: 13.0 mi
- Contadero: 17.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Craig Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Baldy | WNW 291° | 3,279 m | 19.2 mi |
| Timber Peak | WNW 290° | 3,181 m | 17.4 mi |
| North Baldy | WNW 302° | 3,003 m | 20.7 mi |
| Tip Top Mountain | NW 308° | 2,773 m | 22.9 mi |
| Buck Peak | WNW 293° | 2,764 m | 15.9 mi |
| North Peak | NW 308° | 2,763 m | 22.9 mi |
| Italian Peak | W 279° | 2,752 m | 16.0 mi |
| Molino Peak | WNW 285° | 2,701 m | 14.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:47 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 19:45 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:25 | 17:03 |
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 | 39 | 44 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 75 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bosque DEL Apache, 6 mi away.
- Gambel's Quail24 obs
- Creosote Bush19 obs
- White-crowned Sparrow16 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk9 obs
- Sandhill Crane9 obs
- Desert Kingsnake8 obs
- Greater Roadrunner7 obs
- Western Meadowlark7 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/357612206
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