Lincoln State Monument Point of Interest
Lincoln State Monument Point of Interest is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,747 m. Buck Mountain stands 3,276 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Lincoln County Courthouse Historic Site, a attraction 0.4 miles away. Billy the Kid Trail passes 0.3 miles off. 78 named places lie within 25 miles, 49 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1747 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Billy the Kid Trail, National
78 named places within 25 miles
- Baca Mesa: 5.5 mi
- El Sentinel Peak: 7.3 mi
- Summit Peak: 7.7 mi
- La Tetita Peak: 7.9 mi
- Padilla Point: 8.0 mi
- Fort Stanton: 7.8 mi
- Smokey Bear Historical Park: 11.4 mi
- All American Park: 16.4 mi
- Ruidoso Downs Race Track: 17.2 mi
- North Park: 18.2 mi
- Lincoln County Courthouse Historic Site: 0.4 mi
- Hondo Iris Farm: 9.6 mi
- Historic Lincoln: 9.7 mi
- Fox Cave: 11.3 mi
- UFO Alien Crash Communion Wall: 13.6 mi
- Billy the Kid Museum: 11.2 mi
- Smokey Bear Museum: 11.4 mi
- Museum of the Horse: 16.7 mi
- The Hubbard Museum of the American West: 16.7 mi
- Ruidoso River Museum: 20.4 mi
- H22: 10.9 mi
- Old Mill: 19.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lincoln State Monument Point of Interest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Mountain | WSW 255° | 3,276 m | 23.7 mi |
| Summit Peak | N 10° | 3,103 m | 7.7 mi |
| Capitan Peak | NE 47° | 3,063 m | 9.5 mi |
| Nogal Peak | W 270° | 2,966 m | 24.1 mi |
| Monjeau Peak | WSW 257° | 2,942 m | 20.5 mi |
| Carrizo Peak | NW 304° | 2,932 m | 23.9 mi |
| Carrizo Mountain | NW 304° | 2,932 m | 23.9 mi |
| Padilla Point | NNW 348° | 2,930 m | 8.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 19:39 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:27 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:20 | 16:58 |
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 | 37 | 41 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 63 | 54 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Capitan, 12 mi away.
- Mule Deer7 obs
- American Robin6 obs
- Western Bluebird4 obs
- White Horehound3 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco2 obs
- Eastern Boxelder Bug2 obs
- Great Plains Skink2 obs
- Apache plume2 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/357610426
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