Rizado Point
Rizado Point rises to 1,290 m in New Mexico. Dinner Hill stands 1,952 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is The Tepee, a peak 1.9 miles away. Guadalupe Back Country Byway passes 1.9 miles off. 78 named places lie within 25 miles, 22 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49068677, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,290 m
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Guadalupe Back Country Byway
78 named places within 25 miles
- Brantley Lake State Park: 10.4 mi
- Living Desert Zoo & Gardens: 14.1 mi
- Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park: 14.7 mi
- Heritage Park: 15.7 mi
- Carlsbad Youth Sports Complex: 15.8 mi
- The Tepee: 1.9 mi
- Old Ranch Knoll: 2.7 mi
- Walt: 2.9 mi
- Cone Butte: 5.5 mi
- Nagooltee Peak: 5.6 mi
- Time Capsule: 18.1 mi
- Alejandro R Ruiz Memorial: 18.1 mi
- M-42 Duster: 18.2 mi
- Flying Paper Boy of the Guadalupes: 22.5 mi
- McGruder Spring: 12.2 mi
- Lassiter Spring: 12.6 mi
- Jurnigan Spring: 19.8 mi
- Wildcat Bluff: 18.4 mi
- Telltale Bluffs: 20.5 mi
- Chalk Bluff: 24.9 mi
- La Cueva Non-Motorized Trail System: 15.7 mi
- Blue Spring Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 24.0 mi
- The Reader: 17.5 mi
- The Artist Gallery Carlsbad NM: 17.7 mi
- Queen: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rizado Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dinner Hill | SSW 198° | 1,952 m | 23.9 mi |
| Ares Peak | SW 229° | 1,757 m | 21.1 mi |
| Texas Hill | WSW 257° | 1,689 m | 17.7 mi |
| Thayer Hill | SSW 199° | 1,687 m | 20.2 mi |
| The Pinnacle | SSW 198° | 1,668 m | 20.3 mi |
| Corona Hill | W 270° | 1,613 m | 21.8 mi |
| Burro Hill | W 267° | 1,437 m | 12.0 mi |
| Lookout Point | SSW 194° | 1,421 m | 6.9 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 | 16:57 |
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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357579098
Day trips start here
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park · 23 mi
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