Round Mountain Historical Marker
Round Mountain Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,816 m. Sierra Blanca Peak stands 3,620 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Mountain, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Sunspot Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off. 124 named places lie within 25 miles, 49 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1816 m
How to reach it
- 15.4 mi off the Sunspot Scenic Byway
- 17.3 mi off the Billy the Kid Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Trestle Vista Observation Site · 15 mi
- Mexican Canyon Trestle Vista US82 · 15 mi
- Haynes Canyon Vista Observation Site · 16 mi
- Haynes Canyon Vista · 17 mi
124 named places within 25 miles
- Round Mountain: 0.0 mi
- Mountain Lion Peak: 1.5 mi
- Cat Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Coyote Peak: 4.9 mi
- Domingo Peak: 6.5 mi
- Blazer Mill Historical Marker: 2.8 mi
- Tularosa Historical Marker: 9.4 mi
- James Vigil Park: 9.4 mi
- Mescalero Apache Reservation Historical Marker: 15.4 mi
- Cloud Climbing Railroad Historical Marker: 15.5 mi
- DH Sutherland House Historic Site: 12.3 mi
- Juan Jose Gutierrez House Historic Site: 12.3 mi
- Juan Garcia House Historic Site: 12.3 mi
- High Rolls Tunnel: 14.0 mi
- Cloudcroft Lodge Historic Site: 15.5 mi
- Sacramento Mountains Historical Society Museum: 15.7 mi
- New Mexico Museum of Space History: 15.9 mi
- Toy Train Depot: 16.8 mi
- Ruidoso River Museum: 17.4 mi
- Tularosa Basin Museum of History: 17.7 mi
- Alamogordo Astronaut Memorial: 15.9 mi
- Grave of Ham the Astrochimp: 15.9 mi
- Alamogordo Founders Park: 17.8 mi
- Old Mill: 18.1 mi
- Giant Pistachio: 12.2 mi
- Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor: 24.1 mi
- Astronaut Memorial Garden: 15.9 mi
- Alamogordo Community Garden: 17.0 mi
- Padilla Springs: 16.8 mi
- Karr Spring: 17.8 mi
- Trestle Picnic Area: 15.4 mi
- Three Rivers Petroglyph Site: 15.9 mi
- The Palisades: 16.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Round Mountain Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Blanca Peak | NNE 15° | 3,620 m | 16.2 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | NNE 14° | 3,518 m | 17.2 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NNE 18° | 3,276 m | 18.6 mi |
| White Horse Hill | N 8° | 3,111 m | 19.5 mi |
| Nogal Peak | N 11° | 2,966 m | 24.5 mi |
| Monjeau Peak | NNE 24° | 2,942 m | 21.4 mi |
| Cathey Peak | SSE 168° | 2,941 m | 24.1 mi |
| Granite Knob | NNE 25° | 2,906 m | 21.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 19:40 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:29 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:23 | 17:01 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 47 | 54 | 61 | 69 | 78 | 79 | 78 | 72 | 62 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tularosa, 11 mi away.
- Creosote Bush95 obs
- soaptree yucca35 obs
- tree cholla26 obs
- One-seed Juniper12 obs
- scarlet hedgehog cactus11 obs
- Banana Yucca10 obs
- sacahuista7 obs
- Devilshead6 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/357612022
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