Bishop Cap
Bishop Cap rises to 1,651 m in New Mexico. Organ Needle stands 2,708 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Pyramid Peak, a peak 0.6 miles away. El Camino Real passes 7.2 miles off. 150 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49013030, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,651 m
How to reach it
- 7.2 mi off the El Camino Real, National
150 named places within 25 miles
- Tellbrook Park: 8.5 mi
- Valle del Rio Park: 9.4 mi
- Salopek/Stull Park: 9.9 mi
- Dripping Springs Natural Area: 10.0 mi
- Pat and Lou Sisbarro Community Park: 10.0 mi
- Pyramid Peak: 0.6 mi
- Peña Blanca: 2.2 mi
- Booker Hill: 3.2 mi
- Vado Hill: 4.2 mi
- Deer Hill: 6.4 mi
- Cistern: 7.5 mi
- William Foster Beasley House Remains: 7.5 mi
- George Russell Beasley House Remains: 7.9 mi
- Issac House: 7.9 mi
- Rock House: 8.6 mi
- New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum: 10.1 mi
- NMSU University Art Museum: 10.8 mi
- NMSU University Museum: 10.8 mi
- The Gadsen Museum: 12.5 mi
- Museum of Nature & Science: 13.3 mi
- NMSU: 10.1 mi
- Class of 1931 Commemorative: 10.7 mi
- The Traders: 10.8 mi
- Clock Tower at NMSU: 10.8 mi
- 1912 Murray Corliss Steam Engine Restoration Project: 10.8 mi
- La Cueva: 10.0 mi
- El Milagro: 12.5 mi
- Pat Garrett's Grave: 13.1 mi
- World's Largest Chili Pepper: 14.6 mi
- La Union Maze: 18.1 mi
- Dripping Springs: 9.3 mi
- Filmore Spring: 10.4 mi
- Middle Spring: 11.2 mi
- Mine House Spring: 12.0 mi
- The Tooth: 11.1 mi
- Southern Comfort Wall: 12.2 mi
- Fillmore waterfall: 10.3 mi
- Rest Area I-10 (West Bound): 12.7 mi
- Lanark: 19.6 mi
- Knapp Land Conservation Easement: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bishop Cap. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organ Needle | NNE 13° | 2,708 m | 11.0 mi |
| Organ Peak | NNE 19° | 2,668 m | 10.2 mi |
| The Needles | N 9° | 2,565 m | 11.5 mi |
| Baldy Peak | NNE 16° | 2,564 m | 9.4 mi |
| Granite Peak | NNE 26° | 2,554 m | 10.9 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | NNE 18° | 2,443 m | 11.3 mi |
| Rabbit Ears | N 7° | 2,440 m | 12.4 mi |
| Baylor Peak | N 6° | 2,337 m | 14.1 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357607536
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