Malpais-Valley of Fires Historical Marker
Malpais-Valley of Fires Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,637 m. Lookout Mountain stands 3,518 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Valley of Fires State Park, a park 2.4 miles away. Billy the Kid Trail passes 23 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1637 m
How to reach it
- 23.2 mi off the Billy the Kid Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Black Peak: 5.0 mi
- Steel Hill: 9.0 mi
- Willow Hill: 10.4 mi
- Polly Hills: 10.7 mi
- Hughes Hill: 10.8 mi
- Valley of Fires State Park: 2.4 mi
- Spencer Park: 6.4 mi
- Carrizozo Historical Marker: 6.5 mi
- City Park: 6.5 mi
- Carrizozo Arts Park: 6.6 mi
- Frozen Food Locker Museum: 6.6 mi
- Carrizozo Heritage Museum: 6.6 mi
- White Oaks Miner's Home/Tool Shed Museum: 12.5 mi
- White Oaks Schoolhouse Museum: 12.5 mi
- Smokey Bear Museum: 24.6 mi
- Robsart: 7.0 mi
- White Oaks: 12.6 mi
- Ancho: 19.6 mi
- Donkey Statue: 6.3 mi
- Ancho Railroad Depot Historic Site: 19.7 mi
- Padilla Springs: 22.6 mi
- The Palisades: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.7 miles of Malpais-Valley of Fires Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lookout Mountain | SSE 160° | 3,518 m | 23.7 mi |
| Buck Mountain | SSE 155° | 3,276 m | 23.5 mi |
| White Horse Hill | SSE 161° | 3,111 m | 20.8 mi |
| Nogal Peak | SSE 150° | 2,966 m | 17.2 mi |
| Monjeau Peak | SSE 147° | 2,942 m | 23.3 mi |
| Carrizo Mountain | E 97° | 2,932 m | 12.9 mi |
| Carrizo Peak | E 97° | 2,932 m | 12.9 mi |
| Granite Knob | SSE 146° | 2,906 m | 23.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 19:41 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:29 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:22 | 17:00 |
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 | 42 | 48 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 75 | 73 | 68 | 57 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carrizozo 1SW, 7 mi away.
- scarlet hedgehog cactus27 obs
- tree cholla16 obs
- Wheeler sotol15 obs
- Apache plume7 obs
- Eastern Collared Lizard4 obs
- Banana Yucca4 obs
- Reakirt's Blue4 obs
- star cloak fern4 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/357612552
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