McGaffey Camp and Picnic Grounds
McGaffey Camp and Picnic Grounds is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 2,375 m. Lookout Mountain stands 2,777 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Shuster Spring, a spring 1.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 8.8 miles off. 107 named places lie within 25 miles, 37 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2375 m
How to reach it
- 8.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 12.8 mi off the Trail of the Ancients - NM, National
107 named places within 25 miles
- Red Mesa: 5.9 mi
- Barometer Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Mexican Hill: 7.5 mi
- North Burned Timber Mountain: 10.2 mi
- The Rincon: 10.7 mi
- Shuster Spring: 1.2 mi
- Brennan Spring: 1.3 mi
- Tampico Spring: 1.5 mi
- Turkey Springs: 2.1 mi
- Grasshopper Spring: 3.9 mi
- Chaco Cliffs Historical Marker: 7.0 mi
- Ft Wingate Veteran's Park: 7.2 mi
- Continental Divide Historical Marker: 12.4 mi
- Continental Divide Historical Marker: 12.6 mi
- Red Rock Park: 13.0 mi
- Hoodoos: 13.4 mi
- Church Rock: 13.4 mi
- Pinedale Hoodoos: 15.2 mi
- Pinedale Hoodoos: 15.3 mi
- Pinedale Hoodoos: 15.5 mi
- Lookout Mountain Rim: 14.7 mi
- White Cliffs: 16.5 mi
- Los Gigantes: 20.8 mi
- New Side: 22.0 mi
- Wu Wall: 22.0 mi
- Fort Wingate Historical Marker: 6.7 mi
- Fort Wingate Army Depot: 10.9 mi
- New Mexico State Historic Marker: 17.1 mi
- Red Rock Musuem: 13.1 mi
- George Galaris Multiultural Center: 16.6 mi
- Gallup History Museum: 16.7 mi
- Wind Biker: 16.5 mi
- USMC Sculpture: 16.6 mi
- Chief Manulieto Sculpture: 16.6 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 5.0 mi
- Big Falls: 19.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of McGaffey Camp and Picnic Grounds. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lookout Mountain | SE 127° | 2,777 m | 17.1 mi |
| Mount Powell | ENE 67° | 2,653 m | 17.3 mi |
| Hosta Butte | NE 50° | 2,628 m | 23.9 mi |
| The Rincon | ESE 121° | 2,489 m | 10.7 mi |
| Barometer Mountain | ENE 74° | 2,451 m | 6.5 mi |
| Mesa Butte | NNE 13° | 2,447 m | 13.3 mi |
| Midget Mesa | N 10° | 2,429 m | 13.2 mi |
| Castle Rock | ENE 74° | 2,377 m | 16.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:53 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 19:55 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:27 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 31 | 37 | 43 | 52 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mcgaffey 5 SE, 5 mi away.
- Dark-eyed Junco14 obs
- western blue flag8 obs
- American Robin7 obs
- Western Bluebird7 obs
- Gambel Oak7 obs
- alligator juniper7 obs
- Rocky Mountain Juniper7 obs
- Brewer's Blackbird6 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/357596583
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