McComas Incident Historical Marker
McComas Incident Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,790 m. Burro Peak stands 2,445 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Mountain, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1790 m
How to reach it
- 27.2 mi off the Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Round Mountain: 0.0 mi
- Apache Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Hornbrook Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Gold Hill: 4.0 mi
- Walker Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Peterson Spring: 3.6 mi
- Juniper Spring: 3.8 mi
- Grapevine Spring: 9.4 mi
- Rustler Spring: 9.5 mi
- Mud Spring: 12.3 mi
- Short Park: 11.5 mi
- Butterfield Trail: 18.8 mi
- Basin and Range Country Historical Marker: 24.6 mi
- Yucca Plains Historical Marker: 24.6 mi
- Cookes Wagon Road Historical Marker: 24.6 mi
- Shakespeare: 13.7 mi
- Tyrone: 18.9 mi
- Separ: 20.6 mi
- Hidalgo County Courthouse Historic Site: 11.3 mi
- Shakespeare Ghost Town Tours: 13.7 mi
- Lordsburg Hidalgo County Museum: 11.1 mi
- Shakespeare Historical Marker: 13.6 mi
- Gila Middle Box Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of McComas Incident Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burro Peak | NE 45° | 2,445 m | 11.9 mi |
| Jacks Peak | NE 48° | 2,428 m | 11.8 mi |
| Ferguson Mountain | NE 43° | 2,424 m | 11.9 mi |
| Hornbrook Mountain | E 97° | 2,136 m | 3.9 mi |
| Bullard Peak | N 8° | 2,130 m | 16.8 mi |
| Apache Mountain | SSE 149° | 2,114 m | 1.3 mi |
| Indian Hill | NE 49° | 2,071 m | 13.3 mi |
| Red Hill | NE 55° | 2,029 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:54 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 19:49 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:40 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:36 | 17:14 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 53 | 60 | 69 | 78 | 81 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lordsburg 4 SE, 12 mi away.
- Palmer's agave14 obs
- soaptree yucca13 obs
- purple-nerve cymopterus8 obs
- Pinkflower Hedgehog Cactus7 obs
- Sagebrush Girdle Moth7 obs
- Desert Broom5 obs
- Nemoria caerulescens5 obs
- White-lined Sphinx4 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/357612294
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