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Kneeling Nun Historical Marker

Kneeling Nun Historical Marker from directly overhead

Kneeling Nun Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,997 m. Sawyers Peak stands 2,936 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Santa Rita Copper Mines Historical Marker, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway passes 1.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1997 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates32.78394, -108.06088

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 38
  • Barrel Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Cabin Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Pipeline Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Little Pipe Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Moore Spring: 15.5 mi
Attractions: 22
Parks: 14
Museums: 5
  • Mimbres Culture Heritage Site Museum: 7.0 mi
  • Pinos Altos Historical Museum: 10.9 mi
  • Billy the Kid Cabin: 12.5 mi
  • Silver CIty Museum: 12.7 mi
  • Western New Mexico University Museum: 12.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Adonis Pit: 13.1 mi
  • King Bolt Pit: 13.2 mi
  • Raven Pitt: 13.5 mi
  • North Pit: 13.5 mi
  • Comanche Pit: 13.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Artworks: 3
  • C: 5.0 mi
  • W: 11.3 mi
  • Penny Park Mosaics: 12.6 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Gardens: 2
  • Silva Creek Botanical Garden: 12.7 mi
  • City of Rocks Desert Botanical Garden: 14.4 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Ben Lilly Memorial: 13.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Butterfield Rest Area: 20.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Kneeling Nun Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sawyers PeakENE 69°2,936 m17.5 mi
Black PeakNW 326°2,745 m10.5 mi
Signal PeakNW 325°2,737 m11.9 mi
Seven Brothers MountainENE 73°2,657 m18.5 mi
Twin SistersNW 317°2,524 m10.3 mi
Scott PeakNW 322°2,521 m14.2 mi
Twin SistersNW 315°2,495 m10.3 mi
Pinos Altos MountainWNW 297°2,473 m11.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:5219:24
June solstice06:0519:4820:24
September equinox07:0118:3819:10
December solstice07:1216:3317:11

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444652586575767571615143
Precip in1.10.90.50.30.60.83.92.92.11.00.91.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Bayard, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • velvetpod mimosa7 obs
  • Parry's agave3 obs
  • Wholeleaf Paintbrush2 obs
  • sacahuista2 obs
  • Crevice Spiny Lizard1 obs
  • Greater Short-horned Lizard1 obs
  • White-nosed Coati1 obs
  • Pronghorn1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357612006

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