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Plains of San Augustin Historical Marker

Plains of San Augustin Historical Marker from directly overhead

Plains of San Augustin Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 2,093 m. Alegres Mountain stands 3,102 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Jack Peak, a peak 1.5 miles away. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2093 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.87533, -108.25089
Around it

79 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 38
Springs: 38
  • Vale Tio Vinces Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Damian Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Govina Canyon Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Willow Spring: 14.5 mi
  • Tularosa Spring: 14.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Historic sites: 1
  • Mangas Schoolhouse: 18.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Plains of San Augustin Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Alegres MountainN 10°3,102 m19.7 mi
Elk MountainSSW 205°2,978 m23.1 mi
Eagle PeakSW 234°2,970 m23.2 mi
Buzzard PeakSW 234°2,948 m22.7 mi
Mangas MountainNNW 345°2,925 m12.5 mi
Luera PeakE 99°2,892 m21.7 mi
Horse MountainNE 45°2,850 m10.0 mi
O Bar O MountainS 191°2,846 m19.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5219:25
June solstice06:0319:5120:28
September equinox07:0218:3819:11
December solstice07:1516:3017:09

Local time (America/Denver).

Wildlife nearby
  • Loggerhead Shrike1 obs
  • Common Raccoon1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357611946

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