Old Ranch Knoll
Old Ranch Knoll rises to 1,332 m in New Mexico. Dinner Hill stands 1,952 m to the south-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Walt, a peak 0.4 miles away. Guadalupe Back Country Byway passes 0.3 miles off. 79 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49058499, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,332 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Guadalupe Back Country Byway
79 named places within 25 miles
- Brantley Lake State Park: 12.4 mi
- Living Desert Zoo & Gardens: 14.5 mi
- Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park: 14.9 mi
- Carlsbad Youth Sports Complex: 15.7 mi
- South 8th Street Neighborhood Park: 16.0 mi
- Walt: 0.4 mi
- The Tepee: 1.0 mi
- Rizado Point: 2.7 mi
- Cone Butte: 2.8 mi
- Nagooltee Peak: 4.2 mi
- La Cueva Non-Motorized Trail System: 15.0 mi
- Blue Spring Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 22.1 mi
- Parks Ranch Caves: 23.4 mi
- Chosa Draw Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 23.7 mi
- M-42 Duster: 18.2 mi
- Time Capsule: 18.2 mi
- Alejandro R Ruiz Memorial: 18.2 mi
- Flying Paper Boy of the Guadalupes: 20.1 mi
- McGruder Spring: 11.8 mi
- Lassiter Spring: 12.3 mi
- Jurnigan Spring: 17.7 mi
- The Reader: 17.5 mi
- The Artist Gallery Carlsbad NM: 17.8 mi
- Wildcat Bluff: 18.4 mi
- Telltale Bluffs: 20.5 mi
- Queen: 20.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Old Ranch Knoll. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dinner Hill | SSW 200° | 1,952 m | 21.3 mi |
| Ares Peak | SW 235° | 1,757 m | 19.2 mi |
| Texas Hill | W 266° | 1,689 m | 17.0 mi |
| Thayer Hill | SSW 200° | 1,687 m | 17.6 mi |
| The Pinnacle | SSW 200° | 1,668 m | 17.6 mi |
| Corona Hill | W 277° | 1,613 m | 21.6 mi |
| Burro Hill | W 280° | 1,437 m | 11.8 mi |
| Lookout Point | SSW 199° | 1,421 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:38 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 19:33 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:24 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 16:20 | 16:58 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 48 | 56 | 63 | 72 | 81 | 83 | 81 | 74 | 63 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brantley DAM, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 899823 — Old Ranch Knoll, Eddy County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357586336
Day trips start here
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park · 21 mi
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