Legion Park
Legion Park is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 2,034 m. Fishers Peak stands 2,920 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Scouting Museum, a museum 0.4 miles away. Santa Fe Trail passes 0.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2034 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
- 18.8 mi off the Scenic Highway of Legends, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Goat Hill: 0.7 mi
- Potato Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Clifton Hills: 5.0 mi
- Green Mountain: 6.2 mi
- Johnson Mesa: 6.4 mi
- Roundhouse Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- Heritage Park: 0.6 mi
- Ripley Park: 0.8 mi
- Optimist Park East: 0.8 mi
- Climax Canyon Park: 1.0 mi
- Scouting Museum: 0.4 mi
- Raton Museum: 0.6 mi
- A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art: 19.3 mi
- Baca Pioneer Museum: 19.3 mi
- Trinidad History Museum: 19.3 mi
- Sugarite Canyon State Park: 4.3 mi
- Coal Camp Ruins: 4.9 mi
- New Mexico / Colorado state line: 7.3 mi
- The Ludlow Massacre: 23.1 mi
- south finial: 0.6 mi
- north finial: 0.6 mi
- Raton: 0.7 mi
- Fishers Peak State Park: 10.9 mi
- Trinidad Lake State Park: 18.0 mi
- Prestons Point: 19.7 mi
- Prospect Point: 19.8 mi
- Star: 0.7 mi
- El Moro Rest Area: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Legion Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishers Peak | N 356° | 2,920 m | 14.2 mi |
| Fishers Peak Mesa | N 358° | 2,887 m | 13.0 mi |
| Little Fishers Peak Mesa | NNE 15° | 2,747 m | 10.4 mi |
| Bartlett Mesa | N 4° | 2,709 m | 6.7 mi |
| Burro Mesa | NNE 27° | 2,666 m | 11.9 mi |
| Horse Mesa | NE 39° | 2,662 m | 8.7 mi |
| Bobblers Knob | NNE 17° | 2,661 m | 7.6 mi |
| Johnson Mesa | E 79° | 2,636 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:43 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 16:05 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 40 | 47 | 55 | 64 | 68 | 66 | 60 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Raton Krtn Radio, under a mile away.
- Mule Deer26 obs
- field bindweed15 obs
- scarlet hedgehog cactus15 obs
- Common Raven14 obs
- Nevada Bumble Bee12 obs
- Prairie Lizard11 obs
- Range Caterpillar Moth10 obs
- Banana Yucca9 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/357576156
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