Baylor Peak
Baylor Peak rises to 2,337 m in New Mexico. Organ Needle stands 2,708 m to the south-southeast, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Rabbit Ears, a peak 1.7 miles away. El Camino Real passes 14 miles off. 147 named places lie within 25 miles, 40 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49011183, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,337 m
How to reach it
- 13.9 mi off the El Camino Real, National
147 named places within 25 miles
- Organ Town Square: 2.6 mi
- Dripping Springs Natural Area: 4.1 mi
- Bicentennial Grove: 5.0 mi
- Volunteer Park: 5.1 mi
- Missile Park: 5.8 mi
- Rabbit Ears: 1.7 mi
- The Needles: 2.7 mi
- San Augustin Peak: 3.3 mi
- Organ Needle: 3.4 mi
- Minerva's Temple: 3.5 mi
- Topp Hut: 2.5 mi
- Rock House: 5.6 mi
- George Russell Beasley House Remains: 7.1 mi
- Issac House: 7.3 mi
- Cistern: 7.3 mi
- Space Murals Museum: 2.7 mi
- V-2 Display Annex: 5.8 mi
- White Sands Missile Range Museum: 5.8 mi
- New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum: 10.6 mi
- NMSU University Art Museum: 12.7 mi
- Nike Missile: 2.4 mi
- NMSU: 12.3 mi
- The Traders: 12.7 mi
- Class of 1931 Commemorative: 12.8 mi
- The Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 12.9 mi
- La Cueva: 4.1 mi
- Pat Garrett's Grave: 13.7 mi
- World's Largest Chili Pepper: 14.6 mi
- Sandia Gulch Begin: 17.6 mi
- Sandia Gulch End: 18.0 mi
- Mine House Spring: 2.5 mi
- Middle Spring: 2.9 mi
- Filmore Spring: 3.7 mi
- Dripping Springs: 4.9 mi
- Southern Comfort Wall: 2.0 mi
- The Tooth: 3.1 mi
- South Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
- North Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Northbound: 22.8 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Southbound: 23.0 mi
- Fillmore waterfall: 3.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Baylor Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organ Needle | SSE 165° | 2,708 m | 3.4 mi |
| Organ Peak | SSE 159° | 2,668 m | 4.7 mi |
| The Needles | S 174° | 2,565 m | 2.7 mi |
| Baldy Peak | SSE 168° | 2,564 m | 5.0 mi |
| Granite Peak | SE 142° | 2,554 m | 5.4 mi |
| San Andres Peak | N 7° | 2,459 m | 19.7 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | SSE 149° | 2,443 m | 3.8 mi |
| Rabbit Ears | S 181° | 2,440 m | 1.7 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 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:28 | 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, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 886121 — Baylor Peak, Doña Ana County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357570372
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