Magdalena Peak
Magdalena Peak rises to 1,984 m in New Mexico. Mesa Azur stands 2,002 m to the northeast, 0.3 miles off. El Camino Real passes 11 miles off. 64 named places lie within 25 miles, 31 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49047388, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,984 m
How to reach it
- 10.5 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 17.5 mi off the Lake Valley Back Country Byway
64 named places within 25 miles
- Mesa Azur: 0.3 mi
- Sugarloaf Peak: 1.1 mi
- Tailholt Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Bell Top Mountain: 2.9 mi
- The Saddle Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Rincon Community Park: 13.9 mi
- Fort Selden State Monument: 14.4 mi
- The Cathedral: 22.9 mi
- North Las Cruces Park: 24.1 mi
- La Llorona Park: 24.3 mi
- Teako's Giants of Hatch: 12.0 mi
- Lucero Wash petroglyphs: 17.4 mi
- Sandia Gulch End: 18.9 mi
- Sandia Gulch Begin: 19.5 mi
- World's Largest Chili Pepper: 24.4 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Southbound: 14.8 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Northbound: 15.0 mi
- Rest Area I-10 (West Bound): 18.5 mi
- Santa Barbara: 12.0 mi
- Nutt: 17.3 mi
- Hatch Historical Marker: 12.0 mi
- Mormon Battalion Historical Marker: 13.9 mi
- Uvas Valley Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 14.0 mi
- Rincon Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 14.6 mi
- South Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
- North Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
- Derry Warm Spring: 22.0 mi
- Libby Spring: 24.7 mi
- Village of Hatch Museum: 12.0 mi
- Recycled Roadrunner Sculpture: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Magdalena Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesa Azur | NE 38° | 2,002 m | 0.3 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | NW 304° | 1,954 m | 1.1 mi |
| Red House Mountain | N 4° | 1,873 m | 20.4 mi |
| Tailholt Mountain | NE 52° | 1,838 m | 2.4 mi |
| Piña Peak | NNE 16° | 1,802 m | 4.1 mi |
| Robledo Mountain | ESE 105° | 1,788 m | 15.1 mi |
| Nutt Mountain | WNW 299° | 1,781 m | 18.6 mi |
| Summerford Mountain | E 86° | 1,776 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 19:44 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 16:30 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 44 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 77 | 80 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LAS Cruces 20 N, 26 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 920638 — Magdalena Peak, Doña Ana County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357607566
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