Short Park
Short Park is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,300 m. Jacks Peak stands 2,428 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Hidalgo County Courthouse Historic Site, a attraction 0.6 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1300 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Wildcat Hill: 1.4 mi
- Atwood Hill: 2.6 mi
- Lookout Hill: 3.3 mi
- Eightyfive Hill: 3.4 mi
- Lee Peak: 3.5 mi
- Rockhouse Seep: 9.0 mi
- Peterson Spring: 14.3 mi
- Able Seep: 14.5 mi
- Allen Seep: 14.6 mi
- Juniper Spring: 15.0 mi
- Hidalgo County Courthouse Historic Site: 0.6 mi
- Shakespeare Ghost Town Tours: 2.2 mi
- Astronomer's Paradise: 20.1 mi
- Shakespeare: 2.2 mi
- Steins: 18.0 mi
- Separ: 20.1 mi
- San Simon Rest Area: 23.0 mi
- San Simon Rest Area: 23.2 mi
- Lordsburg Hidalgo County Museum: 1.0 mi
- Shakespeare Historical Marker: 2.1 mi
- McComas Incident Historical Marker: 11.5 mi
- Granite Gap Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Short Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacks Peak | NE 47° | 2,428 m | 23.3 mi |
| Hornbrook Mountain | ENE 57° | 2,136 m | 14.3 mi |
| Apache Mountain | NE 51° | 2,114 m | 11.3 mi |
| Knight Peak | NE 42° | 1,993 m | 17.0 mi |
| Gold Hill | ENE 65° | 1,982 m | 11.8 mi |
| Whitetop Hill | ENE 63° | 1,909 m | 15.3 mi |
| Walker Mountain | ENE 72° | 1,897 m | 11.5 mi |
| Chocolate Peak | NNE 32° | 1,890 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:54 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 19:50 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:41 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:37 | 17:14 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 46 | 53 | 60 | 69 | 78 | 81 | 79 | 73 | 62 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lordsburg 4 SE, 5 mi away.
- Creosote Bush57 obs
- soaptree yucca48 obs
- Rock Pigeon15 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle15 obs
- House Sparrow14 obs
- silverleaf nightshade10 obs
- House Finch8 obs
- Redstem Stork's-bill7 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/357580331
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