La Mesilla Historical Marker
La Mesilla Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,182 m. Organ Needle stands 2,708 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Hall Park, a park 1.6 miles away. El Camino Real runs past it. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1182 m
How to reach it
- On the El Camino Real, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Town Hall Park: 1.6 mi
- Mesilla Park Recreation Center: 1.6 mi
- Mesilla Plaza: 1.6 mi
- College Manor Park: 2.0 mi
- Salopek/Stull Park: 2.2 mi
- Black Mesa: 5.5 mi
- Tortugas Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Santo Tomas Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Picacho Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Little Black Mountain: 9.1 mi
- Frank Bromilow Mall Commemorative Plaque: 2.5 mi
- Old Main: 2.5 mi
- SFC Antonio Rey "Rod" Rodriguez Memorial Interchange: 3.0 mi
- Shack: 5.1 mi
- Seismic Laboratory: 5.1 mi
- The Gadsen Museum: 1.6 mi
- NMSU University Museum: 2.7 mi
- NMSU University Art Museum: 2.7 mi
- Las Cruces Railroad Museum: 3.8 mi
- Museum of Nature & Science: 4.1 mi
- 1912 Murray Corliss Steam Engine Restoration Project: 2.5 mi
- Clock Tower at NMSU: 2.5 mi
- Weston Engine Co. Painted Post NY: 2.5 mi
- The Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 2.5 mi
- Class of 1931 Commemorative: 2.6 mi
- Pat Garrett's Grave: 3.3 mi
- World's Largest Chili Pepper: 4.3 mi
- Sandia Gulch Begin: 8.8 mi
- Sandia Gulch End: 9.5 mi
- La Cueva: 12.3 mi
- Mine House Spring: 13.0 mi
- Middle Spring: 13.2 mi
- Dripping Springs: 13.3 mi
- Filmore Spring: 13.5 mi
- Rest Area I-10 (West Bound): 20.7 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Northbound: 22.1 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Southbound: 22.2 mi
- Southern Comfort Wall: 13.7 mi
- The Tooth: 13.9 mi
- South Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- North Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
- Fillmore waterfall: 12.9 mi
- Lanark: 19.7 mi
- Kilbourne Hole ACEC: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of La Mesilla Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organ Needle | ENE 64° | 2,708 m | 14.3 mi |
| Organ Peak | ENE 69° | 2,668 m | 14.6 mi |
| The Needles | ENE 60° | 2,565 m | 14.1 mi |
| Baldy Peak | ENE 70° | 2,564 m | 13.8 mi |
| Granite Peak | ENE 70° | 2,554 m | 16.2 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | ENE 65° | 2,443 m | 15.3 mi |
| Rabbit Ears | ENE 56° | 2,440 m | 14.3 mi |
| Baylor Peak | NE 51° | 2,337 m | 15.3 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 | 16:30 | 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, 2 mi away.
- fishhook barrel cactus62 obs
- White-winged Dove24 obs
- Woodhouse's Toad18 obs
- silverleaf nightshade15 obs
- Curve-billed Thrasher12 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle11 obs
- Devilshead11 obs
- Mourning Dove10 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/357612304
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