Granite Peak
Granite Peak rises to 2,554 m in New Mexico. Organ Needle stands 2,708 m to the west-northwest, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Organ Peak, a peak 1.6 miles away. El Camino Real passes 16 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in New Mexico, United States of America
Wikidata Q49032863, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2554 m
How to reach it
- 15.5 mi off the El Camino Real, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Organ Mountains Historical Marker: 2.1 mi
- Bicentennial Grove: 3.5 mi
- Volunteer Park: 3.6 mi
- Dripping Springs Natural Area: 4.0 mi
- Missile Park: 4.5 mi
- Organ Peak: 1.6 mi
- Sugarloaf Peak: 1.7 mi
- Soledad Peak: 2.3 mi
- Baldy Peak: 2.4 mi
- Minerva's Temple: 2.4 mi
- Issac House: 3.0 mi
- George Russell Beasley House Remains: 3.1 mi
- George Beasley's Goat Pen: 3.5 mi
- William Foster Beasley House Remains: 3.5 mi
- Cistern: 3.5 mi
- White Sands Missile Range Museum: 4.4 mi
- V-2 Display Annex: 4.4 mi
- Space Murals Museum: 8.0 mi
- New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum: 11.9 mi
- NMSU University Art Museum: 13.9 mi
- Nike Missile: 6.9 mi
- NMSU: 13.3 mi
- The Traders: 13.9 mi
- Class of 1931 Commemorative: 13.9 mi
- The Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 14.1 mi
- La Cueva: 4.3 mi
- Pat Garrett's Grave: 15.6 mi
- World's Largest Chili Pepper: 16.8 mi
- Sandia Gulch Begin: 20.7 mi
- Sandia Gulch End: 21.2 mi
- Dripping Springs: 2.9 mi
- Filmore Spring: 3.2 mi
- Middle Spring: 4.2 mi
- Mine House Spring: 5.3 mi
- The Tooth: 3.2 mi
- Southern Comfort Wall: 4.6 mi
- Fillmore waterfall: 3.8 mi
- Rest Area I-10 (West Bound): 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Granite Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organ Needle | WNW 291° | 2,708 m | 2.6 mi |
| Organ Peak | W 265° | 2,668 m | 1.6 mi |
| The Needles | WNW 298° | 2,565 m | 3.4 mi |
| Baldy Peak | WSW 253° | 2,564 m | 2.4 mi |
| San Andres Peak | N 358° | 2,459 m | 23.8 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | NW 306° | 2,443 m | 1.7 mi |
| Rabbit Ears | NW 307° | 2,440 m | 4.2 mi |
| Baylor Peak | NW 322° | 2,337 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:46 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 19:41 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:32 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 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, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 898326 — Granite Peak, Doña Ana County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357583635
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