Leopold Vista Picnic Area
Leopold Vista Picnic Area is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,589 m. Whitewater Baldy stands 3,310 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Leopold Vista Historical Monument, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Black Hills Back Country Byway passes 29 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1589 m
How to reach it
- 28.8 mi off the Black Hills Back Country Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Soldier Hill: 0.6 mi
- Outlaw Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Sundial Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Black Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Wilson Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Gorilla Spring: 4.7 mi
- Frisco Hot Springs: 4.9 mi
- San Francisco Hot Springs: 5.3 mi
- Chipmunk Spring: 5.9 mi
- Clay Spring: 6.2 mi
- Hell Hole Wilderness Study Area: 13.1 mi
- The Catwalk Historical Marker: 13.2 mi
- Redstone Park: 13.4 mi
- Mogollon Historical Marker: 14.9 mi
- Bearwallow Park: 19.6 mi
- Leopold Vista Historical Monument: 0.1 mi
- Graves: 5.7 mi
- OFFICIAL SCENIC HISTORIC MARKER: 13.2 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 10.0 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 10.0 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 21.5 mi
- Windy Point: 14.0 mi
- Mogollon Theater Historic Site: 14.9 mi
- Mogollon Museum: 14.9 mi
- Frisco Camp Picnic Site: 18.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Leopold Vista Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitewater Baldy | NE 48° | 3,310 m | 14.5 mi |
| Willow Mountain | NE 37° | 3,283 m | 14.5 mi |
| Mogollon Baldy Peak | ENE 65° | 3,269 m | 14.8 mi |
| Sacaton Mountain | NE 53° | 3,250 m | 10.2 mi |
| Black Mountain | NE 49° | 3,241 m | 12.1 mi |
| Center Baldy | NE 53° | 3,210 m | 13.7 mi |
| Grouse Mountain | NNE 33° | 3,081 m | 12.0 mi |
| Indian Peak | NE 44° | 3,061 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:55 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 19:52 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:41 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:35 | 17:13 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 68 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Glenwood, 10 mi away.
- Fourwing Saltbush8 obs
- Plains Lubber Grasshopper7 obs
- red dome blanketflower6 obs
- Wright's buckwheat4 obs
- yellowspine thistle4 obs
- Gopher Snake3 obs
- White Horehound3 obs
- Sacred Datura3 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 way/769470461
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