Bar Mountain
Bar Mountain rises to 2,059 m in New Mexico. Organ Needle stands 2,708 m to the northeast, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Rock House, a historic site 0.6 miles away. El Camino Real passes 11 miles off. 142 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.
The story
Summit in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49077282, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,059 m
How to reach it
- 11.4 mi off the El Camino Real, National
142 named places within 25 miles
- Dripping Springs Natural Area: 1.4 mi
- Bicentennial Grove: 7.2 mi
- Volunteer Park: 7.2 mi
- Organ Town Square: 7.8 mi
- Candlelight Knolls Park: 8.0 mi
- Chimney Rock: 1.2 mi
- Baldy Peak: 1.8 mi
- Organ Peak: 2.7 mi
- Organ Needle: 2.8 mi
- Minerva's Temple: 2.8 mi
- Rock House: 0.6 mi
- Cistern: 2.8 mi
- George Russell Beasley House Remains: 2.8 mi
- William Foster Beasley House Remains: 2.9 mi
- Issac House: 3.3 mi
- Space Murals Museum: 7.5 mi
- New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum: 7.7 mi
- White Sands Missile Range Museum: 8.2 mi
- V-2 Display Annex: 8.2 mi
- NMSU University Art Museum: 9.7 mi
- Nike Missile: 7.9 mi
- NMSU: 9.0 mi
- The Traders: 9.7 mi
- Class of 1931 Commemorative: 9.7 mi
- The Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 9.8 mi
- La Cueva: 1.5 mi
- Pat Garrett's Grave: 11.4 mi
- World's Largest Chili Pepper: 12.7 mi
- Sandia Gulch Begin: 16.8 mi
- Sandia Gulch End: 17.4 mi
- Dripping Springs: 1.3 mi
- Filmore Spring: 2.0 mi
- Middle Spring: 2.7 mi
- Mine House Spring: 3.6 mi
- The Tooth: 2.7 mi
- Southern Comfort Wall: 3.7 mi
- South Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
- North Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
- Fillmore waterfall: 1.8 mi
- Rest Area I-10 (West Bound): 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bar Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organ Needle | NE 37° | 2,708 m | 2.8 mi |
| Organ Peak | ENE 65° | 2,668 m | 2.7 mi |
| The Needles | NNE 20° | 2,565 m | 3.0 mi |
| Baldy Peak | ENE 72° | 2,564 m | 1.8 mi |
| Granite Peak | ENE 72° | 2,554 m | 4.3 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | NE 50° | 2,443 m | 3.5 mi |
| Rabbit Ears | N 11° | 2,440 m | 3.9 mi |
| Baylor Peak | N 8° | 2,337 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:46 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 19:41 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:29 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 49 | 55 | 62 | 71 | 80 | 82 | 81 | 75 | 64 | 52 | 44 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — State Univ, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 899925 — Bar Mountain, Doña Ana County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357586506
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