Lovings Bend Park
Lovings Bend Park is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 930 m. McKittrick Hill stands 1,309 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Goodnight-Loving Trail Historical Marker, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Guadalupe Back Country Byway passes 23 miles off. 82 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 930 m
How to reach it
- 22.9 mi off the Guadalupe Back Country Byway
82 named places within 25 miles
- Goodnight-Loving Trail Historical Marker: 0.0 mi
- Ervell M Guevara Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
- Espejos Trail Historical Marker: 4.5 mi
- Cass Park: 9.7 mi
- Will Merchant Park: 10.2 mi
- Bushy Knob: 6.3 mi
- Sand Point: 14.6 mi
- Centinela Mound: 14.6 mi
- McGruder Hill: 16.3 mi
- Tower Hill: 17.2 mi
- Culebra Bluff: 3.6 mi
- Telltale Bluffs: 9.8 mi
- Wildcat Bluff: 11.2 mi
- LIvingston Ridge: 16.9 mi
- Maroon Cliffs: 18.7 mi
- Pecos River / Canyons Complex Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 10.8 mi
- La Cueva Non-Motorized Trail System: 12.5 mi
- Blue Spring Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 13.9 mi
- Parks Ranch Caves: 21.6 mi
- Chosa Draw Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 21.8 mi
- M-42 Duster: 11.4 mi
- Time Capsule: 11.9 mi
- Alejandro R Ruiz Memorial: 11.9 mi
- CARLSBAD PBR #11: 13.2 mi
- Pope's Crossing: 24.3 mi
- Lassiter Spring: 15.8 mi
- McGruder Spring: 16.0 mi
- Jurnigan Spring: 16.1 mi
- Owl Spring: 21.3 mi
- Butcher Spring: 22.0 mi
- The Artist Gallery Carlsbad NM: 12.0 mi
- The Reader: 12.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lovings Bend Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKittrick Hill | WNW 286° | 1,309 m | 23.0 mi |
| White | WSW 248° | 1,275 m | 19.2 mi |
| Nagooltee Peak | WNW 291° | 1,270 m | 23.2 mi |
| Azotea Peak | WNW 286° | 1,267 m | 22.8 mi |
| Carnero Peak | WNW 283° | 1,240 m | 17.8 mi |
| C P Hill | SW 232° | 1,175 m | 23.9 mi |
| McGruder Hill | WNW 298° | 1,155 m | 16.3 mi |
| Round Mts (Three Twins) | WNW 302° | 1,126.236 m | 19.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:31 | 20:07 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:22 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 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, 9 mi away.
- Pinkflower Hedgehog Cactus8 obs
- White-winged Dove3 obs
- Bullock's Oriole2 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco2 obs
- Barn Swallow2 obs
- House Sparrow2 obs
- Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake2 obs
- upright prairie coneflower2 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/357612070
Day trips start here
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park · 27 mi
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