Frenger Park
Frenger Park is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,185 m. Organ Needle stands 2,708 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Tony Gomez Park, a park 0.3 miles away. El Camino Real passes 1.3 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1185 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Las Cruces
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the El Camino Real, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Tony Gomez Park: 0.3 mi
- Rose Village Park: 0.6 mi
- Bon Burt Park: 0.8 mi
- Valley View Park: 0.9 mi
- Valley View Park: 0.9 mi
- Tortugas Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Picacho Mountain: 7.5 mi
- Black Mesa: 8.2 mi
- Santo Tomas Mountain: 8.5 mi
- Bar Mountain: 10.2 mi
- Old Main: 0.8 mi
- Frank Bromilow Mall Commemorative Plaque: 0.9 mi
- SFC Antonio Rey "Rod" Rodriguez Memorial Interchange: 2.8 mi
- Battan Memorial Statue: 3.0 mi
- Shack: 3.3 mi
- NMSU University Museum: 0.8 mi
- NMSU University Art Museum: 0.8 mi
- Museum of Nature & Science: 1.7 mi
- Art Museum: 1.7 mi
- Branigan Cultural Center: 1.8 mi
- The Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 0.9 mi
- The Traders: 0.9 mi
- Weston Engine Co. Painted Post NY: 0.9 mi
- Class of 1931 Commemorative: 0.9 mi
- 1912 Murray Corliss Steam Engine Restoration Project: 0.9 mi
- Pat Garrett's Grave: 1.4 mi
- World's Largest Chili Pepper: 2.9 mi
- Sandia Gulch Begin: 7.8 mi
- Sandia Gulch End: 8.5 mi
- La Cueva: 10.3 mi
- Mine House Spring: 10.6 mi
- Middle Spring: 11.0 mi
- Dripping Springs: 11.5 mi
- Filmore Spring: 11.5 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Northbound: 20.1 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Southbound: 20.3 mi
- Rest Area I-10 (West Bound): 22.4 mi
- Southern Comfort Wall: 11.4 mi
- The Tooth: 11.8 mi
- South Picnic Area: 16.6 mi
- North Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Fillmore waterfall: 10.9 mi
- Lanark: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Frenger Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organ Needle | ENE 73° | 2,708 m | 12.3 mi |
| Organ Peak | ENE 78° | 2,668 m | 12.8 mi |
| The Needles | ENE 69° | 2,565 m | 11.9 mi |
| Baldy Peak | E 80° | 2,564 m | 12.0 mi |
| Granite Peak | E 79° | 2,554 m | 14.4 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | ENE 74° | 2,443 m | 13.3 mi |
| Rabbit Ears | ENE 64° | 2,440 m | 12.0 mi |
| Baylor Peak | ENE 57° | 2,337 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:47 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 19:42 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:33 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:29 | 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, under a mile away.
- White-winged Dove151 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle110 obs
- Mediterranean House Gecko95 obs
- Pond Slider73 obs
- American Robin65 obs
- Mallard64 obs
- Spiny Softshell54 obs
- fishhook barrel cactus54 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 way/51462473
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