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Noon Optimist Park

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Elevation, modelled: 1,098 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles: Blackwater Hill1,334 m · 18.4 mi
Sunset, June solstice: 20:12local time
Coordinates: 33.4093, -104.5431

Noon Optimist Park from directly overhead

Noon Optimist Park is a park in New Mexico, at a modelled 1,098 m. Blackwater Hill stands 1,334 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Cielo Grande Park, a park 0.2 miles away. 59 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Noon Optimist Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Blackwater Hill	WNW 283°	1,334 m	18.4 mi
Haystack Mountain	NNW 336°	1,248 m	12.3 mi
Round Top	N 349°	1,239 m	21.7 mi
Mesa Diablo	ENE 78°	1,208 m	18.5 mi
Panther Hill	N 358°	1,143 m	13.3 mi
Comanche Hill	E 94°	1,110 m	9.6 mi

Around it

59 named places within 25 miles

Parks32

Historic sites10

Arch: 0.9 mi
Iron Cross: 1.0 mi
Berlin Wall Fragment: 1.0 mi
POW/MIA Memorial: 1.0 mi
Memorial Point: 1.1 mi

Museums6

McBride Museum: 1.0 mi
Roswell Museum and Art Center: 1.2 mi
Historical Center for Southeast New Mexico: 1.3 mi
Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art: 1.5 mi
International UFO Museum & Research Center: 1.6 mi

Peaks6

Comanche Hill: 9.6 mi
Haystack Mountain: 12.3 mi
Panther Hill: 13.3 mi
Blackwater Hill: 18.4 mi
Mesa Diablo: 18.5 mi

Nature reserves2

Overflow Wetlands Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 13.7 mi
Haystack Mountain Off-Highway Vehicle Area: 22.9 mi

Attractions1

R H Goddard's Launch Tower: 1.2 mi

Ghost towns1

Blackdom: 17.1 mi

Cliffs1

Chalk Bluff: 18.8 mi

Light

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:03	18:37	19:10
June solstice	05:50	19:35	20:12
September equinox	06:47	18:24	18:56
December solstice	06:59	16:17	16:55

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	39	44	52	59	67	77	80	78	70	60	47	39
Precip in	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.7	1.0	0.7	1.9	1.6	1.6	1.5	0.6	0.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roswell Climat, 2 mi away.

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