Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park
Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,047 m. Lookout Point stands 1,421 m to the west-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Living Desert Zoo & Gardens, a park 0.8 miles away. Guadalupe Back Country Byway passes 7.9 miles off. 85 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1047 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the Guadalupe Back Country Byway
85 named places within 25 miles
- Living Desert Zoo & Gardens: 0.8 mi
- Heritage Park: 1.1 mi
- Carlsbad Spring Park: 1.2 mi
- West Carlsbad Recreation Area: 1.7 mi
- Desert Willow Park: 1.7 mi
- McGruder Hill: 5.0 mi
- Round Mts (Three Twins): 6.3 mi
- Round Mts (Three Twins): 6.3 mi
- Round Mts (Three Twins): 6.5 mi
- Carnero Peak: 9.6 mi
- Alejandro R Ruiz Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Time Capsule: 3.5 mi
- M-42 Duster: 3.8 mi
- CARLSBAD PBR #1: 15.2 mi
- CARLSBAD PBR #11: 18.2 mi
- Wildcat Bluff: 4.0 mi
- Telltale Bluffs: 6.0 mi
- Culebra Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 20.7 mi
- Maroon Cliffs: 23.0 mi
- La Cueva Non-Motorized Trail System: 5.0 mi
- Blue Spring Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 18.1 mi
- Parks Ranch Caves: 24.0 mi
- Chosa Draw Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 24.3 mi
- Lassiter Spring: 3.4 mi
- McGruder Spring: 4.3 mi
- Jurnigan Spring: 16.0 mi
- The Reader: 3.1 mi
- The Artist Gallery Carlsbad NM: 3.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lookout Point | WSW 254° | 1,421 m | 16.9 mi |
| Bandanna Point | WSW 246° | 1,406 m | 18.2 mi |
| Azotea Mesa | WSW 246° | 1,406 m | 18.2 mi |
| Cone Butte | WSW 258° | 1,350 m | 16.2 mi |
| Walt | W 267° | 1,347.826 m | 15.2 mi |
| Old Ranch Knoll | W 268° | 1,332 m | 14.9 mi |
| McKittrick Hill | WSW 249° | 1,309 m | 12.3 mi |
| Rizado Point | W 278° | 1,290 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:32 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:23 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:19 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 49 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 82 | 84 | 82 | 75 | 65 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carlsbad, 7 mi away.
- Texas rainbow cactus87 obs
- ocotillo58 obs
- Giant Desert Centipede56 obs
- Astiptodonta aonides50 obs
- Creosote Bush42 obs
- Acmaeodera opacula40 obs
- Yellow-spotted Bromeliad Fly39 obs
- Wilson's Wood-nymph Moth38 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/192381559
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- Carlsbad Caverns National Park · 26 mi
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