Fort Sumner Historical Marker
Fort Sumner Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,229 m. Lone Mesa stands 1,502 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is "Billy Was Here" window painting, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Mesalands Scenic Byway passes 9.4 miles off. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 15 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1229 m
How to reach it
- 9.4 mi off the Mesalands Scenic Byway
79 named places within 25 miles
- "Billy Was Here" window painting: 0.0 mi
- Apple orchard mural at closed gas-station: 0.0 mi
- Sprouts: Cowboys at the grocery store: 0.0 mi
- Blacksmith mural: 0.0 mi
- Man, woman, cat mural at closed gas-station: 0.0 mi
- Candy Mesa: 8.4 mi
- Twin Mesa: 8.9 mi
- Taiban Peak: 13.4 mi
- Sand Hill: 14.3 mi
- Lomas Gatos: 14.7 mi
- Fort Sumner State Monument Historical Marker: 0.0 mi
- Early Spanish Route Historical Marker: 0.0 mi
- Fort Sumner State Monument: 5.8 mi
- Alamito Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Pacheco Bluff: 5.8 mi
- The Cap Rock: 12.1 mi
- Charlotte Point: 12.8 mi
- Billy The Kid Museum: 1.0 mi
- Fort Sumner Historic Site/Bosque Redondo Memorial: 5.6 mi
- Sunnyside Springs Historic Marker: 1.1 mi
- Explosion Rocks Tolar: 15.9 mi
- Rodrick Drug Store Historic Site: 0.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Sumner Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Mesa | NE 42° | 1,502 m | 15.5 mi |
| Mesita del Anil | N 358° | 1,495 m | 19.6 mi |
| Twin Mesa | NE 39° | 1,412 m | 8.9 mi |
| Candy Mesa | ENE 65° | 1,388 m | 8.4 mi |
| White Mesa | SE 130° | 1,348 m | 19.3 mi |
| Taiban Peak | E 93° | 1,345 m | 13.4 mi |
| Watts Hill | SSE 153° | 1,309 m | 21.6 mi |
| Dipping Vat Hill | SSE 158° | 1,297 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:36 | 20:13 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 16:13 | 16:51 |
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 | 59 | 67 | 76 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 59 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Sumner, under a mile away.
- Tahoka daisy5 obs
- Buffalo Gourd3 obs
- Woodhouse's Toad3 obs
- Red-headed Woodpecker2 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard2 obs
- Redstem Stork's-bill2 obs
- Rough Harvester Ant2 obs
- silverleaf nightshade2 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/357612548
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