Chimney Rock
Chimney Rock rises to 1,917 m in New Mexico. Organ Needle stands 2,708 m to the north-northeast, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Rock House, a historic site 0.8 miles away. El Camino Real passes 12 miles off. 143 named places lie within 25 miles, 39 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49020296, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,917 m
How to reach it
- 11.7 mi off the El Camino Real, National
143 named places within 25 miles
- Dripping Springs Natural Area: 2.4 mi
- Bicentennial Grove: 7.1 mi
- Volunteer Park: 7.2 mi
- Missile Park: 8.2 mi
- Organ Town Square: 8.7 mi
- Bar Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Baldy Peak: 1.7 mi
- Organ Peak: 2.5 mi
- Organ Needle: 3.2 mi
- Minerva's Temple: 3.2 mi
- Rock House: 0.8 mi
- Cistern: 1.6 mi
- William Foster Beasley House Remains: 1.7 mi
- George Russell Beasley House Remains: 1.7 mi
- Issac House: 2.1 mi
- White Sands Missile Range Museum: 8.1 mi
- V-2 Display Annex: 8.1 mi
- New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum: 8.5 mi
- Space Murals Museum: 8.5 mi
- NMSU University Art Museum: 10.4 mi
- Nike Missile: 8.6 mi
- NMSU: 9.7 mi
- The Traders: 10.4 mi
- Class of 1931 Commemorative: 10.4 mi
- The Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 10.5 mi
- La Cueva: 2.6 mi
- Pat Garrett's Grave: 12.3 mi
- World's Largest Chili Pepper: 13.6 mi
- Sandia Gulch Begin: 17.8 mi
- Sandia Gulch End: 18.4 mi
- Dripping Springs: 1.5 mi
- Filmore Spring: 2.7 mi
- Middle Spring: 3.6 mi
- Mine House Spring: 4.6 mi
- The Tooth: 3.3 mi
- Southern Comfort Wall: 4.6 mi
- South Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- North Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
- Fillmore waterfall: 2.7 mi
- Rest Area I-10 (West Bound): 20.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chimney Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organ Needle | NNE 15° | 2,708 m | 3.2 mi |
| Organ Peak | NE 38° | 2,668 m | 2.5 mi |
| The Needles | N 3° | 2,565 m | 3.7 mi |
| Baldy Peak | NNE 32° | 2,564 m | 1.7 mi |
| Granite Peak | NE 56° | 2,554 m | 3.9 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | NNE 31° | 2,443 m | 3.6 mi |
| Rabbit Ears | N 358° | 2,440 m | 4.7 mi |
| Baylor Peak | N 359° | 2,337 m | 6.4 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 | 07:04 | 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/357582740
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