The Needles
The Needles rises to 2,565 m in New Mexico. Organ Needle stands 2,708 m to the southeast, 0.9 miles off. The nearest named place is The Tooth, a cliff 0.4 miles away. El Camino Real passes 13 miles off. 148 named places lie within 25 miles, 39 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49082719, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,565 m
How to reach it
- 13.1 mi off the El Camino Real, National
148 named places within 25 miles
- Dripping Springs Natural Area: 1.7 mi
- Bicentennial Grove: 4.9 mi
- Volunteer Park: 4.9 mi
- Organ Town Square: 5.2 mi
- Missile Park: 5.9 mi
- Organ Needle: 0.9 mi
- Rabbit Ears: 1.0 mi
- Minerva's Temple: 1.0 mi
- Sugarloaf Peak: 1.8 mi
- Organ Peak: 2.2 mi
- Topp Hut: 1.8 mi
- Rock House: 3.0 mi
- George Russell Beasley House Remains: 4.5 mi
- Cistern: 4.7 mi
- William Foster Beasley House Remains: 4.7 mi
- Space Murals Museum: 5.0 mi
- White Sands Missile Range Museum: 5.9 mi
- V-2 Display Annex: 5.9 mi
- New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum: 9.5 mi
- NMSU University Art Museum: 11.6 mi
- Nike Missile: 4.9 mi
- NMSU: 11.1 mi
- The Traders: 11.6 mi
- Class of 1931 Commemorative: 11.6 mi
- The Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 11.8 mi
- La Cueva: 1.9 mi
- Pat Garrett's Grave: 13.0 mi
- World's Largest Chili Pepper: 14.0 mi
- Sandia Gulch Begin: 17.6 mi
- Sandia Gulch End: 18.1 mi
- Middle Spring: 0.9 mi
- Filmore Spring: 1.1 mi
- Mine House Spring: 1.9 mi
- Dripping Springs: 2.2 mi
- Rest Area I-10 (West Bound): 24.0 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Northbound: 24.4 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Southbound: 24.6 mi
- The Tooth: 0.4 mi
- Southern Comfort Wall: 1.2 mi
- South Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- North Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
- Fillmore waterfall: 1.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Needles. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organ Needle | SE 137° | 2,708 m | 0.9 mi |
| Organ Peak | SE 141° | 2,668 m | 2.2 mi |
| Baldy Peak | SSE 163° | 2,564 m | 2.4 mi |
| Granite Peak | ESE 118° | 2,554 m | 3.4 mi |
| San Andres Peak | N 5° | 2,459 m | 22.3 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | ESE 109° | 2,443 m | 1.8 mi |
| Rabbit Ears | NNW 342° | 2,440 m | 1.0 mi |
| Baylor Peak | N 354° | 2,337 m | 2.7 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 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:28 | 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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 895611 — The Needles, Doña Ana County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357581024
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