Smokey Bear Historical Park
Smokey Bear Historical Park is a park in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,934 m. Sierra Blanca Peak stands 3,620 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Smokey Bear Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Billy the Kid Trail runs past it.
How to reach it
- On the Billy the Kid Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Galt Peak: 3.7 mi
- Swan Hill: 4.6 mi
- Read Mesa: 6.2 mi
- East Carrizo Cone: 7.6 mi
- Tucson Mountain: 7.7 mi
- Fort Stanton: 4.6 mi
- Lincoln State Monument Point of Interest: 11.4 mi
- Eagle Creek Sports Complex: 12.0 mi
- Ruidoso Winter Park: 12.1 mi
- North Park: 13.3 mi
- Smokey Bear Museum: 0.0 mi
- Billy the Kid Museum: 12.2 mi
- The Hubbard Museum of the American West: 14.8 mi
- Museum of the Horse: 14.9 mi
- Ruidoso River Museum: 15.9 mi
- Lincoln County Courthouse Historic Site: 11.1 mi
- Fox Cave: 12.2 mi
- Hondo Iris Farm: 20.0 mi
- Historic Lincoln: 20.3 mi
- UFO Alien Crash Communion Wall: 22.3 mi
- White Oaks: 16.8 mi
- Robsart: 19.9 mi
- Donkey Statue: 18.8 mi
- H22: 21.6 mi
- Old Mill: 16.0 mi
- Padilla Springs: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Smokey Bear Historical Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Blanca Peak | SW 229° | 3,620 m | 18.1 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | SW 232° | 3,518 m | 17.4 mi |
| Buck Mountain | SW 231° | 3,276 m | 15.5 mi |
| White Horse Hill | WSW 242° | 3,111 m | 17.2 mi |
| Summit Peak | ENE 71° | 3,103 m | 12.9 mi |
| Capitan Peak | E 80° | 3,063 m | 18.0 mi |
| Nogal Peak | WSW 256° | 2,966 m | 13.7 mi |
| Monjeau Peak | SW 229° | 2,942 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:41 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 19:40 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:21 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 41 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 63 | 54 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Capitan, 2 mi away.
- Cliff Swallow5 obs
- Ring-necked Duck4 obs
- Mourning Cloak4 obs
- Common Goldeneye3 obs
- Western Meadowlark3 obs
- Mule Deer3 obs
- Variegated Fritillary3 obs
- yellow bird-of-paradise shrub3 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/135450396
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