Goodnight-Loving Trail Historical Marker
Goodnight-Loving Trail Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 2,086 m. Laughlin Peak stands 2,682 m to the southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Melon Mesa, a peak 3.0 miles away. Santa Fe Trail passes 23 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2086 m
How to reach it
- 23.2 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
- 109.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Melon Mesa: 3.0 mi
- Capulin Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Capulin Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Mud Hill: 4.8 mi
- Robinson Peak: 5.6 mi
- Sierra Grande Historical Marker: 6.9 mi
- Fisher Park: 10.5 mi
- Folsom Archaeological Site Historical Marker: 10.6 mi
- Folsom State Monument: 10.6 mi
- Dorsey Mansion State Monument: 20.8 mi
- Folsom Museum: 8.3 mi
- The Old Branson Jail: 19.9 mi
- Prestons Point: 11.4 mi
- Devils Point: 19.4 mi
- Grave: 19.0 mi
- Sugarite Canyon State Park: 24.2 mi
- Folsom Museum Historic Site: 8.3 mi
- Sierra Grande Rest Area: 12.1 mi
- Yankee: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Goodnight-Loving Trail Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laughlin Peak | SW 233° | 2,682 m | 13.3 mi |
| Sierra Grande | ESE 111° | 2,655 m | 6.9 mi |
| Red Mountain | NW 323° | 2,569 m | 14.4 mi |
| Pine Buttes | SW 222° | 2,569 m | 14.5 mi |
| Palo Blanco Mountain | SSW 204° | 2,542 m | 11.9 mi |
| Madrid Peak | NW 325° | 2,498 m | 16.5 mi |
| Capulin Mountain | NNE 26° | 2,486 m | 3.3 mi |
| Capulin Mountain | NNE 26° | 2,481 m | 3.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:40 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:04 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 41 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Capulin, under a mile away.
- Pronghorn10 obs
- Bullock's Oriole2 obs
- Mule Deer2 obs
- Scarlet Globemallow2 obs
- winecup mallow2 obs
- Red-winged Grasshopper2 obs
- Red-shouldered Hawk1 obs
- Clay-colored Sparrow1 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/357612838
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