Black Hills
Black Hills rises to 1,366 m in New Mexico. Organ Needle stands 2,708 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Deer Hill, a peak 1.5 miles away. El Camino Real passes 14 miles off. 148 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49013449, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,366 m
How to reach it
- 14.3 mi off the El Camino Real, National
148 named places within 25 miles
- Dripping Springs Natural Area: 10.4 mi
- Bicentennial Grove: 11.0 mi
- Volunteer Park: 11.1 mi
- Missile Park: 11.6 mi
- Delores C Wright Memorial Park: 13.1 mi
- Deer Hill: 1.5 mi
- Soledad Peak: 6.0 mi
- Booker Hill: 6.6 mi
- Pyramid Peak: 7.5 mi
- Peña Blanca: 7.6 mi
- Issac House: 6.4 mi
- William Foster Beasley House Remains: 6.6 mi
- Cistern: 6.7 mi
- George Russell Beasley House Remains: 6.7 mi
- Rock House: 9.0 mi
- White Sands Missile Range Museum: 11.5 mi
- V-2 Display Annex: 11.5 mi
- New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum: 15.4 mi
- Space Murals Museum: 16.0 mi
- NMSU University Art Museum: 16.9 mi
- Nike Missile: 15.2 mi
- NMSU: 16.1 mi
- The Traders: 16.8 mi
- Class of 1931 Commemorative: 16.8 mi
- Clock Tower at NMSU: 16.9 mi
- La Cueva: 10.7 mi
- El Milagro: 18.2 mi
- Pat Garrett's Grave: 19.1 mi
- World's Largest Chili Pepper: 20.5 mi
- La Union Maze: 22.0 mi
- Dripping Springs: 9.1 mi
- Filmore Spring: 10.2 mi
- Middle Spring: 11.4 mi
- Mine House Spring: 12.6 mi
- The Tooth: 10.7 mi
- Southern Comfort Wall: 12.2 mi
- Fillmore waterfall: 10.5 mi
- Rest Area I-10 (West Bound): 15.9 mi
- Knapp Land Conservation Easement: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Black Hills. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organ Needle | NNW 330° | 2,708 m | 10.1 mi |
| Organ Peak | NNW 331° | 2,668 m | 8.8 mi |
| The Needles | NNW 329° | 2,565 m | 11.0 mi |
| Baldy Peak | NW 325° | 2,564 m | 8.7 mi |
| Granite Peak | NNW 341° | 2,554 m | 8.3 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | NNW 335° | 2,443 m | 9.7 mi |
| Rabbit Ears | NNW 330° | 2,440 m | 12.0 mi |
| Baylor Peak | NNW 334° | 2,337 m | 13.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 19:40 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:32 | 19:04 |
| 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, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357570730
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