Franklin Mountains Historical Marker
Franklin Mountains Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,173 m. Organ Needle stands 2,708 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Brazito Battlefield Historical Marker, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. El Camino Real passes 2.7 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1173 m
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the El Camino Real, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Brazito Battlefield Historical Marker: 0.0 mi
- Espejos Expedition on the Camino Real Historical Marker: 0.0 mi
- Onates Route on the Camnio Real Historical Marker: 0.0 mi
- El Camino Real Historical Marker: 0.0 mi
- Butterfield Trail Historical Marker: 0.0 mi
- Black Mesa: 4.5 mi
- Vado Hill: 4.7 mi
- Santo Tomas Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Bishop Cap: 5.5 mi
- Pyramid Peak: 5.8 mi
- SFC Antonio Rey "Rod" Rodriguez Memorial Interchange: 5.8 mi
- Seismic Laboratory: 7.4 mi
- Shack and tower: 7.5 mi
- Shack: 7.5 mi
- Frank Bromilow Mall Commemorative Plaque: 7.6 mi
- NMSU University Museum: 7.7 mi
- NMSU University Art Museum: 7.7 mi
- New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum: 8.2 mi
- The Gadsen Museum: 8.4 mi
- Las Cruces Railroad Museum: 10.1 mi
- NMSU: 7.1 mi
- Clock Tower at NMSU: 7.5 mi
- 1912 Murray Corliss Steam Engine Restoration Project: 7.5 mi
- Weston Engine Co. Painted Post NY: 7.6 mi
- The Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 7.6 mi
- Pat Garrett's Grave: 9.6 mi
- World's Largest Chili Pepper: 11.0 mi
- El Milagro: 11.1 mi
- La Cueva: 12.2 mi
- Sandia Gulch Begin: 15.7 mi
- Dripping Springs: 12.2 mi
- Filmore Spring: 13.0 mi
- Middle Spring: 13.4 mi
- Mine House Spring: 13.8 mi
- The Tooth: 13.7 mi
- Southern Comfort Wall: 14.2 mi
- Fillmore waterfall: 12.7 mi
- Rest Area I-10 (West Bound): 13.9 mi
- Lanark: 16.2 mi
- Kilbourne Hole ACEC: 21.2 mi
- South Picnic Area: 25.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Franklin Mountains Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organ Needle | NE 35° | 2,708 m | 13.8 mi |
| Organ Peak | NE 41° | 2,668 m | 13.4 mi |
| The Needles | NNE 32° | 2,565 m | 14.0 mi |
| Baldy Peak | NE 40° | 2,564 m | 12.6 mi |
| Granite Peak | NE 45° | 2,554 m | 14.6 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | NE 39° | 2,443 m | 14.5 mi |
| Rabbit Ears | NNE 29° | 2,440 m | 14.6 mi |
| Baylor Peak | NNE 26° | 2,337 m | 16.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:46 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 19:41 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:33 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:30 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 49 | 55 | 62 | 71 | 80 | 82 | 81 | 75 | 64 | 52 | 44 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — State Univ, 8 mi away.
- Creosote Bush77 obs
- soaptree yucca11 obs
- fishhook barrel cactus7 obs
- House Sparrow6 obs
- Eurasian Collared-Dove4 obs
- Turkey Vulture3 obs
- Brewer's Blackbird2 obs
- Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake2 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/357612519
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