Quartzite Mountain
Quartzite Mountain rises to 2,043 m in New Mexico. Organ Needle stands 2,708 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Quartz Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. El Camino Real passes 18 miles off. 145 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49066126, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,043 m
How to reach it
- 17.6 mi off the El Camino Real, National
145 named places within 25 miles
- Organ Town Square: 5.3 mi
- Missile Park: 9.3 mi
- Bicentennial Grove: 9.3 mi
- Volunteer Park: 9.4 mi
- Vista de la Montana Park: 10.3 mi
- Quartz Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Bear Peak: 2.0 mi
- San Augustin Peak: 4.1 mi
- Mineral Hill: 4.3 mi
- Black Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Topp Hut: 9.4 mi
- Pat Garret Murder Site: 12.6 mi
- Rock House: 12.8 mi
- George Russell Beasley House Remains: 14.1 mi
- Issac House: 14.3 mi
- Space Murals Museum: 5.8 mi
- V-2 Display Annex: 9.3 mi
- White Sands Missile Range Museum: 9.4 mi
- New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum: 16.3 mi
- Branigan Cultural Center: 17.8 mi
- Nike Missile: 5.0 mi
- NMSU: 18.1 mi
- The Traders: 18.3 mi
- Class of 1931 Commemorative: 18.3 mi
- The Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 18.5 mi
- La Cueva: 11.3 mi
- Lucero Wash petroglyphs: 17.6 mi
- Pat Garrett's Grave: 18.6 mi
- World's Largest Chili Pepper: 19.0 mi
- Sandia Gulch Begin: 20.5 mi
- Mine House Spring: 9.4 mi
- Middle Spring: 10.1 mi
- Filmore Spring: 10.9 mi
- Dripping Springs: 12.1 mi
- Southern Comfort Wall: 9.1 mi
- The Tooth: 10.2 mi
- North Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
- South Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Northbound: 20.9 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Southbound: 21.1 mi
- Fillmore waterfall: 11.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Quartzite Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organ Needle | S 178° | 2,708 m | 10.5 mi |
| Organ Peak | S 174° | 2,668 m | 11.6 mi |
| The Needles | S 182° | 2,565 m | 9.8 mi |
| Baldy Peak | S 178° | 2,564 m | 12.1 mi |
| Granite Peak | SSE 167° | 2,554 m | 11.7 mi |
| San Andres Peak | N 8° | 2,459 m | 12.5 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | S 172° | 2,443 m | 10.5 mi |
| Rabbit Ears | S 184° | 2,440 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:46 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 19:41 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:32 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:28 | 17:06 |
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, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357578594
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