Picacho Mountain
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Picacho Mountain rises to 1,510 m in New Mexico. Organ Needle stands 2,708 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Sandia Gulch Begin, a attraction 1.5 miles away. El Camino Real passes 3.9 miles off. 166 named places lie within 25 miles, 56 of them named summits.
The story
Picacho Mountain, also known as El Picacho and Picacho Peak, is a summit in Doña Ana County, New Mexico. It rises to an elevation of 4,954 feet / 1,510 meters.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q25241158, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,510 m
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the El Camino Real, National
166 named places within 25 miles
- La Llorona Park: 4.4 mi
- Tierra del Sol Park: 4.6 mi
- Camelot Gardens Mini Park: 4.9 mi
- Camelot Gardens Park: 5.0 mi
- Camunez Park: 5.1 mi
- Robledo Mountain: 7.4 mi
- Lookout Peak: 8.8 mi
- Sleeping Lady Hills: 9.8 mi
- Doña Ana Peak: 10.0 mi
- Rough and Ready Gap: 10.1 mi
- Battan Memorial Statue: 7.7 mi
- Old Main: 8.2 mi
- Frank Bromilow Mall Commemorative Plaque: 8.3 mi
- Pat Garret Murder Site: 9.9 mi
- SFC Antonio Rey "Rod" Rodriguez Memorial Interchange: 10.1 mi
- Las Cruces Railroad Museum: 5.8 mi
- Branigan Cultural Center: 6.1 mi
- Art Museum: 6.1 mi
- Museum of Nature & Science: 6.1 mi
- The Gadsen Museum: 6.6 mi
- Recycled Roadrunner Sculpture: 3.6 mi
- The Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 8.3 mi
- Weston Engine Co. Painted Post NY: 8.3 mi
- 1912 Murray Corliss Steam Engine Restoration Project: 8.3 mi
- Clock Tower at NMSU: 8.3 mi
- Sandia Gulch Begin: 1.5 mi
- Sandia Gulch End: 2.0 mi
- World's Largest Chili Pepper: 4.6 mi
- Pat Garrett's Grave: 6.0 mi
- Lucero Wash petroglyphs: 12.0 mi
- Mine House Spring: 16.5 mi
- Middle Spring: 17.2 mi
- Filmore Spring: 18.0 mi
- Dripping Springs: 18.2 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Northbound: 15.2 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Southbound: 15.4 mi
- Rest Area I-10 (West Bound): 24.4 mi
- South Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
- North Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- Southern Comfort Wall: 17.3 mi
- The Tooth: 18.1 mi
- Fillmore waterfall: 17.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Picacho Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organ Needle | E 87° | 2,708 m | 18.7 mi |
| Organ Peak | E 91° | 2,668 m | 19.5 mi |
| The Needles | E 85° | 2,565 m | 18.1 mi |
| Baldy Peak | E 92° | 2,564 m | 18.8 mi |
| Granite Peak | E 90° | 2,554 m | 21.1 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | E 87° | 2,443 m | 19.8 mi |
| Rabbit Ears | E 82° | 2,440 m | 17.9 mi |
| Baylor Peak | ENE 77° | 2,337 m | 18.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:47 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 19:42 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:30 | 17:07 |
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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357582806
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