Peña Blanca
Peña Blanca rises to 1,426 m in New Mexico. Organ Needle stands 2,708 m to the north-northeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Pyramid Peak, a peak 1.7 miles away. El Camino Real passes 8.7 miles off. 149 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49060920, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,426 m
How to reach it
- 8.7 mi off the El Camino Real, National
149 named places within 25 miles
- Tellbrook Park: 7.5 mi
- Dripping Springs Natural Area: 7.8 mi
- Pat and Lou Sisbarro Community Park: 8.8 mi
- La Buena Vida Park: 8.9 mi
- Salopek/Stull Park: 8.9 mi
- Pyramid Peak: 1.7 mi
- Bishop Cap: 2.2 mi
- Booker Hill: 4.9 mi
- Chimney Rock: 5.7 mi
- Deer Hill: 6.0 mi
- Cistern: 5.5 mi
- William Foster Beasley House Remains: 5.5 mi
- George Russell Beasley House Remains: 5.9 mi
- Issac House: 6.0 mi
- Rock House: 6.4 mi
- New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum: 8.6 mi
- NMSU University Art Museum: 9.7 mi
- NMSU University Museum: 9.7 mi
- The Gadsen Museum: 11.6 mi
- Museum of Nature & Science: 12.0 mi
- NMSU: 8.9 mi
- Class of 1931 Commemorative: 9.6 mi
- The Traders: 9.6 mi
- Clock Tower at NMSU: 9.7 mi
- 1912 Murray Corliss Steam Engine Restoration Project: 9.7 mi
- La Cueva: 7.8 mi
- Pat Garrett's Grave: 11.9 mi
- World's Largest Chili Pepper: 13.4 mi
- El Milagro: 14.6 mi
- Sandia Gulch Begin: 18.3 mi
- Dripping Springs: 7.2 mi
- Filmore Spring: 8.3 mi
- Middle Spring: 9.0 mi
- Mine House Spring: 9.8 mi
- The Tooth: 9.0 mi
- Southern Comfort Wall: 10.0 mi
- Fillmore waterfall: 8.1 mi
- Rest Area I-10 (West Bound): 14.9 mi
- Lanark: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Peña Blanca. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organ Needle | NNE 16° | 2,708 m | 8.8 mi |
| Organ Peak | NNE 23° | 2,668 m | 8.1 mi |
| The Needles | NNE 11° | 2,565 m | 9.3 mi |
| Baldy Peak | NNE 20° | 2,564 m | 7.3 mi |
| Granite Peak | NNE 33° | 2,554 m | 9.0 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | NNE 22° | 2,443 m | 9.3 mi |
| Rabbit Ears | N 9° | 2,440 m | 10.2 mi |
| Baylor Peak | N 7° | 2,337 m | 11.9 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 | 19:05 |
| 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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357578214
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