Sand Point
Sand Point rises to 1,032 m in New Mexico. McKittrick Hill stands 1,309 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Tower Hill, a peak 7.2 miles away. Guadalupe Back Country Byway passes 18 miles off. 67 named places lie within 25 miles, 10 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49071278, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,032 m
How to reach it
- 18.2 mi off the Guadalupe Back Country Byway
67 named places within 25 miles
- Riverview Park: 9.7 mi
- Pecos River Village Recreation Area: 9.9 mi
- Lake Carlsbad Recreation Area: 9.9 mi
- Playground on the Pecos: 10.0 mi
- Alejandro Ruiz Memorial Park: 10.0 mi
- Tower Hill: 7.2 mi
- Bushy Knob: 10.0 mi
- Indian Hill: 11.7 mi
- McGruder Hill: 17.3 mi
- Round Mts (Three Twins): 18.7 mi
- Telltale Bluffs: 8.9 mi
- Wildcat Bluff: 10.4 mi
- Maroon Cliffs: 10.8 mi
- Culebra Bluff: 11.7 mi
- LIvingston Ridge: 14.4 mi
- Alejandro R Ruiz Memorial: 10.0 mi
- Time Capsule: 10.1 mi
- M-42 Duster: 10.5 mi
- The Artist Gallery Carlsbad NM: 10.5 mi
- The Reader: 10.7 mi
- Lassiter Spring: 15.8 mi
- McGruder Spring: 16.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sand Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKittrick Hill | WSW 251° | 1,309 m | 24.8 mi |
| Nagooltee Peak | WSW 255° | 1,270 m | 23.9 mi |
| Azotea Peak | WSW 251° | 1,267 m | 24.7 mi |
| Carnero Peak | WSW 241° | 1,240 m | 21.5 mi |
| McGruder Hill | WSW 246° | 1,155 m | 17.3 mi |
| Round Mts (Three Twins) | WSW 258° | 1,126 m | 18.7 mi |
| Centinela Mound | SE 144° | 1,077 m | 21.9 mi |
| Tower Hill | E 87° | 1,067 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:31 | 20:07 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:22 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:18 | 16:56 |
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 | 44 | 49 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 82 | 84 | 82 | 75 | 65 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Carlsbad, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 894515 — Sand Point, Eddy County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357579955
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