Fort Selden State Monument
Fort Selden State Monument is a park in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,215 m. Organ Needle stands 2,708 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Selden State Monument Historical Marker, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. El Camino Real runs past it. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- On the El Camino Real, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Fort Selden State Monument Historical Marker: 0.0 mi
- Bartlett-Garcia Conde Initial Survey Point Historical Marker: 0.4 mi
- The Cathedral: 8.5 mi
- North Las Cruces Park: 11.8 mi
- Las Colinas Park: 12.3 mi
- Lookout Peak: 2.0 mi
- Robledo Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Summerford Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Cedar Hill: 6.3 mi
- Doña Ana Peak: 7.9 mi
- Battan Memorial Statue: 14.3 mi
- Pat Garret Murder Site: 14.3 mi
- Mormon Battalion Historical Marker: 15.6 mi
- Old Main: 16.9 mi
- Frank Bromilow Mall Commemorative Plaque: 17.0 mi
- Branigan Cultural Center: 14.3 mi
- Art Museum: 14.4 mi
- Las Cruces Railroad Museum: 14.4 mi
- Museum of Nature & Science: 14.4 mi
- The Gadsen Museum: 16.2 mi
- Recycled Roadrunner Sculpture: 14.3 mi
- The Traders: 17.0 mi
- The Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 17.0 mi
- Weston Engine Co. Painted Post NY: 17.0 mi
- Class of 1931 Commemorative: 17.0 mi
- Lucero Wash petroglyphs: 3.3 mi
- Sandia Gulch End: 8.7 mi
- Sandia Gulch Begin: 9.4 mi
- World's Largest Chili Pepper: 13.6 mi
- Pat Garrett's Grave: 14.9 mi
- Mine House Spring: 20.3 mi
- Middle Spring: 21.3 mi
- Filmore Spring: 22.5 mi
- Dripping Springs: 23.3 mi
- South Picnic Area: 0.5 mi
- North Picnic Area: 0.8 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Northbound: 4.6 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Southbound: 4.7 mi
- Southern Comfort Wall: 21.0 mi
- The Tooth: 22.3 mi
- Rincon Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 16.4 mi
- Santa Barbara: 18.5 mi
- Fillmore waterfall: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Selden State Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organ Needle | ESE 115° | 2,708 m | 23.0 mi |
| Organ Peak | ESE 116° | 2,668 m | 24.1 mi |
| The Needles | ESE 114° | 2,565 m | 22.1 mi |
| Baldy Peak | ESE 118° | 2,564 m | 23.8 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | ESE 113° | 2,443 m | 23.9 mi |
| Rabbit Ears | ESE 112° | 2,440 m | 21.5 mi |
| Baylor Peak | ESE 107° | 2,337 m | 20.9 mi |
| Big Brushy Mountain | ENE 71° | 2,252 m | 24.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:47 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 19:43 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:29 | 17:07 |
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 | 77 | 80 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LAS Cruces 20 N, 14 mi away.
- scarlet hedgehog cactus40 obs
- Creosote Bush39 obs
- Killdeer21 obs
- Christmas cholla20 obs
- Phainopepla18 obs
- tree cholla17 obs
- screwbean15 obs
- silverleaf nightshade14 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.
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