Vado Hill
Vado Hill rises to 1,263 m in New Mexico. Organ Needle stands 2,708 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Bishop Cap, a peak 4.2 miles away. El Camino Real passes 3.2 miles off. 166 named places lie within 25 miles, 44 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49086785, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,263 m
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 27.6 mi off the Texas Mountain Trail
166 named places within 25 miles
- Valtierra Ball Park: 7.3 mi
- Valle del Rio Park: 8.8 mi
- Liz Adams Park: 9.6 mi
- Tellbrook Park: 9.8 mi
- Irnie Ranson Park: 9.9 mi
- Bishop Cap: 4.2 mi
- Booker Hill: 4.6 mi
- Pyramid Peak: 4.7 mi
- Peña Blanca: 6.2 mi
- Black Mesa: 8.4 mi
- SFC Antonio Rey "Rod" Rodriguez Memorial Interchange: 10.2 mi
- Desert Pride Accademy: 10.6 mi
- El Paso: 11.2 mi
- Texas: 11.2 mi
- Seismic Laboratory: 11.2 mi
- NMSU University Museum: 12.2 mi
- NMSU University Art Museum: 12.2 mi
- New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum: 12.2 mi
- The Gadsen Museum: 13.1 mi
- Museum of Nature & Science: 14.7 mi
- NMSU: 11.5 mi
- Clock Tower at NMSU: 12.0 mi
- 1912 Murray Corliss Steam Engine Restoration Project: 12.0 mi
- Class of 1931 Commemorative: 12.0 mi
- Weston Engine Co. Painted Post NY: 12.0 mi
- El Milagro: 8.4 mi
- La Cueva: 13.9 mi
- Pat Garrett's Grave: 14.2 mi
- La Union Maze: 14.4 mi
- World's Largest Chili Pepper: 15.6 mi
- Knapp Land Conservation Easement: 21.6 mi
- Charlie Wakeem/Richard Teschner Nature Preserve of Resler Canyon: 21.9 mi
- Thunder Canyon Conservation Easement: 22.2 mi
- Kilbourne Hole ACEC: 22.2 mi
- North Open Reserve: 23.2 mi
- Dripping Springs: 13.4 mi
- Filmore Spring: 14.5 mi
- Middle Spring: 15.2 mi
- Mine House Spring: 15.8 mi
- The Tooth: 15.1 mi
- Southern Comfort Wall: 16.1 mi
- Rest Area I-10 (West Bound): 9.6 mi
- Fillmore waterfall: 14.3 mi
- Lanark: 15.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Vado Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organ Needle | NNE 17° | 2,708 m | 15.0 mi |
| Organ Peak | NNE 21° | 2,668 m | 14.3 mi |
| The Needles | NNE 14° | 2,565 m | 15.5 mi |
| Baldy Peak | NNE 20° | 2,564 m | 13.5 mi |
| Granite Peak | NNE 27° | 2,554 m | 15.1 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | NNE 21° | 2,443 m | 15.5 mi |
| Rabbit Ears | NNE 12° | 2,440 m | 16.4 mi |
| Baylor Peak | NNE 11° | 2,337 m | 18.0 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 | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:29 | 17:07 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 51 | 58 | 65 | 74 | 82 | 84 | 82 | 77 | 66 | 54 | 45 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LA Tuna 1 S, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 899977 — Vado Hill, Doña Ana County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357586600
Day trips start here
- El Paso · 28 mi
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