Ruidoso Historical Marker
Ruidoso Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 2,051 m. Sierra Blanca Peak stands 3,620 m to the west-northwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Wingfield Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Billy the Kid Trail runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2051 m
How to reach it
- On the Billy the Kid Trail, National
- 26.1 mi off the Sunspot Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Trestle Vista Observation Site · 26 mi
- Mexican Canyon Trestle Vista US82 · 26 mi
- Haynes Canyon Vista Observation Site · 28 mi
- Haynes Canyon Vista · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Moon Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Dude Mesa: 1.5 mi
- Grindstone Mesa: 2.9 mi
- High Mesa: 4.8 mi
- Cow Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Wingfield Park: 0.2 mi
- Two Rivers Park: 1.1 mi
- Two Rivers Fairy Trail: 1.2 mi
- Moon Mountain Recreation Area: 1.4 mi
- White Mountain Recreation Complex: 1.8 mi
- Ruidoso River Museum: 0.5 mi
- The Hubbard Museum of the American West: 4.4 mi
- Museum of the Horse: 4.5 mi
- Billy the Kid Museum: 9.5 mi
- Smokey Bear Museum: 15.9 mi
- Fox Cave: 9.5 mi
- Lincoln County Courthouse Historic Site: 19.7 mi
- Hondo Iris Farm: 22.9 mi
- Historic Lincoln: 23.4 mi
- H22: 24.4 mi
- Donkey Statue: 24.7 mi
- Old Mill: 1.4 mi
- Padilla Springs: 16.0 mi
- The Palisades: 18.6 mi
- Three Rivers Petroglyph Site: 19.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Ruidoso Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Blanca Peak | WNW 290° | 3,620 m | 8.4 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | WNW 297° | 3,518 m | 9.0 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NW 309° | 3,276 m | 8.1 mi |
| White Horse Hill | NW 305° | 3,111 m | 11.5 mi |
| Nogal Peak | NNW 327° | 2,966 m | 13.7 mi |
| Monjeau Peak | NNW 334° | 2,942 m | 7.6 mi |
| Granite Knob | NNW 335° | 2,906 m | 7.6 mi |
| Cow Mountain | WNW 302° | 2,858 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 19:39 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:22 | 17:00 |
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 | 35 | 37 | 42 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 66 | 64 | 60 | 51 | 41 | 35 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ruidoso, 3 mi away.
- Southwestern Ponderosa Pine237 obs
- Mule Deer207 obs
- Wapiti203 obs
- alligator juniper58 obs
- great mullein53 obs
- Garden Snail43 obs
- Acorn Woodpecker38 obs
- Common Raven34 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/357612019
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