Organ Peak
Organ Peak rises to 2,668 m in New Mexico. Organ Needle stands 2,708 m to the northwest, 1.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Baldy Peak, a peak 0.9 miles away. El Camino Real passes 14 miles off. 145 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49058877, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,668 m
How to reach it
- 14.0 mi off the El Camino Real, National
145 named places within 25 miles
- Dripping Springs Natural Area: 2.3 mi
- Bicentennial Grove: 4.6 mi
- Volunteer Park: 4.7 mi
- Missile Park: 5.6 mi
- Organ Town Square: 7.3 mi
- Baldy Peak: 0.9 mi
- Sugarloaf Peak: 1.2 mi
- Minerva's Temple: 1.2 mi
- Organ Needle: 1.3 mi
- Granite Peak: 1.6 mi
- Rock House: 2.2 mi
- George Russell Beasley House Remains: 2.5 mi
- Issac House: 2.7 mi
- Cistern: 2.8 mi
- William Foster Beasley House Remains: 2.9 mi
- White Sands Missile Range Museum: 5.6 mi
- V-2 Display Annex: 5.6 mi
- Space Murals Museum: 7.2 mi
- New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum: 10.3 mi
- NMSU University Art Museum: 12.3 mi
- Nike Missile: 6.7 mi
- NMSU: 11.7 mi
- The Traders: 12.3 mi
- Class of 1931 Commemorative: 12.3 mi
- The Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 12.5 mi
- La Cueva: 2.7 mi
- Pat Garrett's Grave: 14.0 mi
- World's Largest Chili Pepper: 15.2 mi
- Sandia Gulch Begin: 19.1 mi
- Sandia Gulch End: 19.6 mi
- Dripping Springs: 1.3 mi
- Filmore Spring: 1.6 mi
- Middle Spring: 2.8 mi
- Mine House Spring: 4.0 mi
- The Tooth: 1.9 mi
- Southern Comfort Wall: 3.4 mi
- South Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- North Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
- Fillmore waterfall: 2.2 mi
- Rest Area I-10 (West Bound): 22.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Organ Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organ Needle | NW 324° | 2,708 m | 1.3 mi |
| The Needles | NW 321° | 2,565 m | 2.2 mi |
| Baldy Peak | SW 231° | 2,564 m | 0.9 mi |
| Granite Peak | E 85° | 2,554 m | 1.6 mi |
| San Andres Peak | N 2° | 2,459 m | 23.9 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | NNE 13° | 2,443 m | 1.2 mi |
| Rabbit Ears | NNW 327° | 2,440 m | 3.2 mi |
| Baylor Peak | NNW 339° | 2,337 m | 4.7 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 | 16:28 | 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, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 899829 — Organ Peak, Doña Ana County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357586346
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