Tortugas Mountain
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Tortugas Mountain rises to 1,502 m in New Mexico. Organ Needle stands 2,708 m to the east-northeast, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Shack and tower, a historic site 0.4 miles away. El Camino Real passes 5.1 miles off. 158 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.
The story
Tortugas Mountain is a mountain in southern New Mexico, in the village of Tortugas in Doña Ana County, New Mexico. It is also known locally as 'A' Mountain. There is a letter "A" on the mountain referring to the Aggies, mascot of New Mexico State University. It is the site of the Tortugas Mountain Observatory, an astronomical observatory owned and operated by New Mexico State University. A pilgrimage to the top of the mountain is part of the annual Fiesta of Our Lady of Guadalupe. It is a 4 miles (6.4 km) climb, which some participants do barefoot.
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Wikidata Q49084389, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,502 m
How to reach it
- 5.1 mi off the El Camino Real, National
158 named places within 25 miles
- La Buena Vida Park: 1.9 mi
- Candlelight Knolls Park: 2.0 mi
- Gus Vlachakis Park: 2.4 mi
- Pat and Lou Sisbarro Community Park: 2.6 mi
- Hillrise Mini Park: 2.6 mi
- Bar Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Chimney Rock: 7.2 mi
- Peña Blanca: 7.3 mi
- Baldy Peak: 8.3 mi
- The Needles: 8.5 mi
- Shack and tower: 0.4 mi
- Seismic Laboratory: 0.4 mi
- Shack: 0.5 mi
- SFC Antonio Rey "Rod" Rodriguez Memorial Interchange: 2.9 mi
- Old Main: 3.4 mi
- New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum: 1.4 mi
- NMSU University Art Museum: 3.2 mi
- NMSU University Museum: 3.3 mi
- Museum of Nature & Science: 5.0 mi
- Art Museum: 5.0 mi
- NMSU: 2.6 mi
- The Traders: 3.2 mi
- Class of 1931 Commemorative: 3.3 mi
- The Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 3.4 mi
- Clock Tower at NMSU: 3.4 mi
- Pat Garrett's Grave: 5.2 mi
- World's Largest Chili Pepper: 6.6 mi
- La Cueva: 6.7 mi
- Sandia Gulch Begin: 11.2 mi
- Sandia Gulch End: 11.8 mi
- Mine House Spring: 7.5 mi
- Middle Spring: 7.6 mi
- Dripping Springs: 7.8 mi
- Filmore Spring: 7.9 mi
- Rest Area I-10 (West Bound): 20.9 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Northbound: 22.1 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Southbound: 22.3 mi
- Southern Comfort Wall: 8.2 mi
- The Tooth: 8.3 mi
- South Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
- North Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Fillmore waterfall: 7.3 mi
- Lanark: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tortugas Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organ Needle | ENE 65° | 2,708 m | 8.7 mi |
| Organ Peak | ENE 74° | 2,668 m | 9.1 mi |
| The Needles | ENE 60° | 2,565 m | 8.5 mi |
| Baldy Peak | ENE 76° | 2,564 m | 8.3 mi |
| Granite Peak | ENE 75° | 2,554 m | 10.7 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | ENE 67° | 2,443 m | 9.7 mi |
| Rabbit Ears | NE 53° | 2,440 m | 8.7 mi |
| Baylor Peak | NE 45° | 2,337 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:46 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 19:41 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:33 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:29 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 920718 — Tortugas Mountain, Doña Ana County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357607598
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