Ripley Park
Ripley Park is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 2,038 m. Fishers Peak stands 2,920 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is north finial, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Santa Fe Trail passes 0.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2038 m
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
- 18.2 mi off the Scenic Highway of Legends, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Goat Hill: 0.4 mi
- Potato Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Clifton Hills: 5.8 mi
- Little Horse Mesa: 6.0 mi
- Bartlett Mesa: 6.0 mi
- Heritage Park: 0.2 mi
- Optimist Park East: 0.4 mi
- Roundhouse Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
- Romero Park: 0.7 mi
- Legion Park: 0.8 mi
- Raton Museum: 0.2 mi
- Scouting Museum: 0.4 mi
- A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art: 18.6 mi
- Baca Pioneer Museum: 18.6 mi
- Trinidad History Museum: 18.6 mi
- Sugarite Canyon State Park: 3.8 mi
- Coal Camp Ruins: 4.2 mi
- New Mexico / Colorado state line: 6.7 mi
- The Ludlow Massacre: 22.4 mi
- north finial: 0.2 mi
- south finial: 0.2 mi
- Raton: 0.4 mi
- Fishers Peak State Park: 10.3 mi
- Trinidad Lake State Park: 17.5 mi
- Prospect Point: 19.2 mi
- Prestons Point: 19.5 mi
- Star: 0.4 mi
- El Moro Rest Area: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Ripley Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishers Peak | N 354° | 2,920 m | 13.4 mi |
| Fishers Peak Mesa | N 357° | 2,887 m | 12.2 mi |
| Little Fishers Peak Mesa | NNE 15° | 2,747 m | 9.7 mi |
| Bartlett Mesa | N 2° | 2,709 m | 6.0 mi |
| Burro Mesa | NNE 28° | 2,666 m | 11.1 mi |
| Horse Mesa | NE 41° | 2,662 m | 8.0 mi |
| Bobblers Knob | NNE 17° | 2,661 m | 6.8 mi |
| Johnson Mesa | E 85° | 2,636 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:43 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 16:05 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 35 | 41 | 46 | 56 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Raton Fltr PLT, 1 mi away.
- Mule Deer26 obs
- field bindweed15 obs
- scarlet hedgehog cactus15 obs
- Common Raven13 obs
- Black Swallowtail13 obs
- Nevada Bumble Bee12 obs
- Prairie Lizard11 obs
- Banana Yucca9 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 way/370562894
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