Windy Point
Windy Point is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 2,875 m. Sierra Blanca Peak stands 3,620 m to the west-southwest, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Buck Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Billy the Kid Trail passes 4.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2875 m
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Billy the Kid Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Trestle Vista Observation Site · 30 mi
- Mexican Canyon Trestle Vista US82 · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buck Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Cow Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Sierra Blanca Peak: 3.0 mi
- Monjeau Peak: 3.1 mi
- William G. Telfer Natural Area: 1.6 mi
- Sierra Blanca Historical Marker: 3.0 mi
- Ruidoso Winter Park: 4.6 mi
- Eagle Creek Sports Complex: 4.6 mi
- North Park: 6.3 mi
- Ruidoso River Museum: 6.4 mi
- The Hubbard Museum of the American West: 10.6 mi
- Museum of the Horse: 10.7 mi
- Billy the Kid Museum: 14.4 mi
- Smokey Bear Museum: 15.1 mi
- Fox Cave: 14.3 mi
- Lincoln County Courthouse Historic Site: 22.6 mi
- Robsart: 23.9 mi
- White Oaks: 24.4 mi
- Old Mill: 8.2 mi
- Padilla Springs: 10.2 mi
- The Palisades: 13.3 mi
- Three Rivers Petroglyph Site: 14.9 mi
- Donkey Statue: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of Windy Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Blanca Peak | WSW 240° | 3,620 m | 3.0 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | W 263° | 3,518 m | 2.7 mi |
| Buck Mountain | WNW 301° | 3,276 m | 1.2 mi |
| White Horse Hill | WNW 299° | 3,111 m | 4.7 mi |
| Nogal Peak | NNW 342° | 2,966 m | 7.4 mi |
| Monjeau Peak | NE 38° | 2,942 m | 3.1 mi |
| Carrizo Mountain | N 6° | 2,932 m | 20.5 mi |
| Carrizo Peak | N 6° | 2,932 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:42 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 19:40 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:29 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 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, 6 mi away.
- Southwestern Ponderosa Pine88 obs
- quaking aspen55 obs
- southwestern white pine43 obs
- Parry's Thistle39 obs
- western blue flag28 obs
- Whipple's penstemon24 obs
- white fir22 obs
- nodding onion22 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/785272382
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