Castle Garden Mesa
Castle Garden Mesa rises to 2,283 m in New Mexico. Summit Peak stands 3,103 m to the east-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Hill, a peak 2.1 miles away. Billy the Kid Trail passes 19 miles off. 70 named places lie within 25 miles, 53 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,283 m
How to reach it
- 18.9 mi off the Billy the Kid Trail, National
70 named places within 25 miles
- Blue Hill: 2.1 mi
- Lone Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Baxter Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Patos Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Monument Peak: 5.1 mi
- Valley of Fires State Park: 11.5 mi
- Valle del Sol Park: 12.8 mi
- Spencer Park: 12.9 mi
- Carrizozo Arts Park: 13.2 mi
- City Park: 13.3 mi
- White Oaks Schoolhouse Museum: 2.6 mi
- White Oaks Miner's Home/Tool Shed Museum: 2.8 mi
- Carrizozo Heritage Museum: 12.9 mi
- Frozen Food Locker Museum: 12.9 mi
- Smokey Bear Museum: 19.0 mi
- White Oaks: 2.9 mi
- Robsart: 7.1 mi
- Ancho: 10.3 mi
- Ancho Railroad Depot Historic Site: 10.3 mi
- Donkey Statue: 13.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Castle Garden Mesa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Peak | ESE 121° | 3,103 m | 24.5 mi |
| Nogal Peak | SSW 192° | 2,966 m | 20.6 mi |
| Monjeau Peak | S 181° | 2,942 m | 24.7 mi |
| Carrizo Mountain | S 180° | 2,932 m | 6.8 mi |
| Carrizo Peak | S 180° | 2,932 m | 6.8 mi |
| Padilla Point | SE 124° | 2,930 m | 21.8 mi |
| Granite Knob | S 180° | 2,906 m | 24.7 mi |
| Argentina peak | SSW 196° | 2,782 m | 22.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 19:41 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:21 | 16:59 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 42 | 48 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 75 | 73 | 68 | 57 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carrizozo 1SW, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 904830 — Castle Garden Mesa, Lincoln County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357592805
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