Fort Cummings 1836-1886 Historical Marker
Fort Cummings 1836-1886 Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,477 m. Cookes Peak stands 2,444 m to the northwest, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Massacre Peak, a peak 2.2 miles away. Lake Valley Back Country Byway passes 12 miles off. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 44 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1477 m
How to reach it
- 12.4 mi off the Lake Valley Back Country Byway
- 27.3 mi off the Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway, National
- 28.4 mi off the Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway, National
71 named places within 25 miles
- Massacre Peak: 2.2 mi
- Cookes Peak: 7.0 mi
- Good Sight Peak: 11.2 mi
- Mule Springs Peak: 11.8 mi
- Coyote Mountain: 12.4 mi
- Gonzales Park: 14.6 mi
- Northside Park: 14.8 mi
- Elsie Vega Park: 15.1 mi
- Lloyd Pratz Athletic Complex: 15.1 mi
- Triangle Park: 15.2 mi
- Tom Eby Storage Building Historic Site: 13.3 mi
- Christ Light Community Church: 15.2 mi
- Seaman Field House Historic Site: 15.2 mi
- Luna County Courthouse Historic Site: 15.5 mi
- Ramon Baca House Historic Site: 17.0 mi
- Nutt: 13.7 mi
- Mowry City: 16.0 mi
- Lake Valley: 18.0 mi
- Uvas Valley Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 15.0 mi
- Old Town Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 16.0 mi
- Deming-Luna-Mimbres Museum: 15.2 mi
- Play Sharity Childrens Museum: 15.4 mi
- Little Needles Eye: 18.1 mi
- Butterfield Rest Area: 19.5 mi
- City of Rocks Desert Botanical Garden: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Cummings 1836-1886 Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cookes Peak | NW 315° | 2,444 m | 7.0 mi |
| Pine Flat Mountain | NNW 348° | 2,385 m | 23.7 mi |
| Black Mountain | NNW 347° | 2,301 m | 22.6 mi |
| Larkins Spring Mountain | NNW 348° | 2,270 m | 22.2 mi |
| Florida Peak | S 176° | 2,266 m | 23.6 mi |
| Whitehorse Mountain | NW 314° | 2,259 m | 23.7 mi |
| Mimbres Peak | NW 314° | 2,259 m | 23.7 mi |
| P A Mountain | N 358° | 2,194 m | 22.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:50 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 19:46 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:36 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:32 | 17:10 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 53 | 60 | 69 | 79 | 81 | 79 | 73 | 63 | 51 | 42 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Deming Muni AP, 15 mi away.
- Northern Cardinal2 obs
- Long-nosed Leopard Lizard2 obs
- Black-tailed Gnatcatcher1 obs
- Mountain Bluebird1 obs
- Gopher Snake1 obs
- Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake1 obs
- small-flowered milkvetch1 obs
- golden corydalis1 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/357612187
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