Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site
Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site is a park in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 1,419 m. Cerro Alto Mountain stands 2,043 m to the east-northeast, 4.6 miles off. Texas Mountain Trail passes 5.4 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the Texas Mountain Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Miners Park: 12.7 mi
- Loma Chica Park: 12.9 mi
- Tierra del Sol Park: 13.2 mi
- Spanish Castle Park: 13.2 mi
- Brisa Del Este Park: 13.3 mi
- Butterfield Overland Mail: 18.6 mi
- Rio Vista Farm: 22.0 mi
- Grand Candela: 22.4 mi
- Oldest Mission in Texas: 22.9 mi
- Corpus Christi de la Ysleta: 22.9 mi
- Cerro Alto Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Alacran Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Naville Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Deer Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Daily Hill: 8.1 mi
- Centro Recreativo Anitas: 24.2 mi
- Centro Recreativo Anitas: 24.2 mi
- Centro Recreativo Anitas: 24.3 mi
- Centro Recreativo Anitas: 24.3 mi
- Centro Recreativo Anitas: 24.3 mi
- Carlos M. Ramirez TecH2O Water Resources Learning Center: 18.5 mi
- Noncommissioned Officer Heritage and Education Center: 20.7 mi
- Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Cultural Center: 23.0 mi
- 3rd Calvary Museum: 23.2 mi
- 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss Museum: 23.6 mi
- Texas flag: 19.7 mi
- The Equestrian: 22.4 mi
- Feather Lake Wildlife Refuge: 22.1 mi
- Rimrock: 23.8 mi
- Japaneese Garden: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hueco Tanks State Park and Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerro Alto Mountain | ENE 66° | 2,043 m | 4.6 mi |
| Naville Mountain | E 82° | 1,822 m | 6.8 mi |
| Deer Mountain | ESE 103° | 1,792 m | 7.1 mi |
| Red Hill | NNE 20° | 1,770 m | 8.5 mi |
| Alacran Mountain | ESE 123° | 1,732 m | 5.2 mi |
| Daily Hill | NE 54° | 1,729 m | 8.1 mi |
| Three Buttes | NNW 335° | 1,331 m | 16.5 mi |
| Backbone Hill | S 185° | 1,287 m | 15.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:44 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 19:38 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:30 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 16:28 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 47 | 54 | 61 | 70 | 78 | 79 | 78 | 73 | 63 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — EL Paso 32 ENE, 8 mi away.
- scarlet hedgehog cactus193 obs
- Creosote Bush165 obs
- ocotillo123 obs
- Ornate Tree Lizard102 obs
- Aoudad92 obs
- Crevice Spiny Lizard79 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard58 obs
- Christmas cholla55 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/28663887
Day trips start here
- El Paso · 28 mi
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