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Heizer Park

Heizer Park from directly overhead

Heizer Park is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,099 m. Indian Hill stands 1,139 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Washington Park, a park 1.2 miles away. 49 named places lie within 25 miles, 4 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
1099 m

How to reach it

Coordinates32.68331, -103.13500

49 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 32
Historic sites: 4
Peaks: 4
  • Indian Hill: 12.0 mi
  • Andrews County High Point: 14.2 mi
  • Windmill Hill: 18.4 mi
  • Jumbo Hill: 22.8 mi
Attractions: 3
Museums: 3
  • Lea County Western Museum: 6.0 mi
  • Lea County Museum: 21.9 mi
  • Lea County Museum: 22.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
Springs: 1
  • Monument Springs: 11.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Heizer Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Indian HillWSW 253°1,139 m12.0 mi
Andrews County High PointSSE 162°1,088 m14.2 mi
Windmill HillSSE 162°1,067 m18.4 mi
Jumbo HillSSE 151°1,044 m22.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:3219:04
June solstice05:4619:2820:04
September equinox06:4118:1818:51
December solstice06:5216:1416:51

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424754627179818073635143
Precip in0.50.50.60.81.91.31.72.12.50.90.50.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hobbs, 3 mi away.

  • Mallard4 obs
  • Rock Pigeon3 obs
  • House Sparrow3 obs
  • Texas Horned Lizard2 obs
  • Carolina Metallic Tiger Beetle2 obs
  • Scaled Quail1 obs
  • Killdeer1 obs
  • American Avocet1 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/196810374

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