- Elevation, modelled
- 2,646 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Cathey Peak2,941 m · 10.7 mi
- Nearest byway
- Sunspot Scenic Bywayon it
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:15local time
- Coordinates
- 32.9572, -105.7488
Trestle Picnic Area is a picnic site in New Mexico, at a modelled 2,646 m. Cathey Peak stands 2,941 m to the south-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Cloud Climbing Railroad Historical Marker, a park 0.4 miles away. Sunspot Scenic Byway runs past it. 86 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Trestle Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cathey Peak | SSW 196° | 2,941 m | 10.7 mi |
| Sacramento Peak | SSW 200° | 2,821 m | 12.4 mi |
| Alamo Peak | SSW 212° | 2,820 m | 6.9 mi |
| Prestridge Hill | SE 146° | 2,638 m | 11.4 mi |
| Harley Mountain | NNE 27° | 2,637 m | 15.8 mi |
| Jefferies Peak | SSE 165° | 2,591 m | 22.2 mi |
| Seep Peak | SE 140° | 2,486 m | 16.0 mi |
| Mule Peak | SW 216° | 2,462 m | 12.7 mi |
- On the Sunspot Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
86 named places within 25 miles
- Calico Peak: 4.8 mi
- Red Hill: 5.2 mi
- Alamo Peak: 6.9 mi
- Ortega Peak: 8.3 mi
- Hershberger Peak: 8.8 mi
- Cloud Climbing Railroad Historical Marker: 0.4 mi
- Zenith Park: 0.7 mi
- John P. Stapp Air / Space Park: 10.3 mi
- Stapp Air Space Park: 10.3 mi
- Paiute Park: 10.7 mi
- Cloudcroft Lodge Historic Site: 0.4 mi
- High Rolls Tunnel: 6.3 mi
- The Alamogordo "A": 10.2 mi
- USAF Space Plane 001: 10.3 mi
- X-7A: 10.3 mi
- Sacramento Mountains Historical Society Museum: 0.7 mi
- New Mexico Museum of Space History: 10.3 mi
- Toy Train Depot: 12.7 mi
- Tularosa Basin Museum of History: 12.9 mi
- Alamogordo Astronaut Memorial: 10.3 mi
- Grave of Ham the Astrochimp: 10.3 mi
- Alamogordo Founders Park: 12.9 mi
- Sacramento Columbarium: 15.9 mi
- Antarctic Telescope: 12.4 mi
- Giant Pistachio: 14.2 mi
- Sacramento mountains murle: 16.0 mi
- Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor: 20.6 mi
- Astronaut Memorial Garden: 10.3 mi
- Alamogordo Community Garden: 12.0 mi
- Prayer garden: 15.9 mi
- Karr Spring: 5.6 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:42 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 19:39 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:29 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:23 | 17:01 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 38 | 45 | 52 | 60 | 60 | 59 | 55 | 47 | 38 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cloudcroft, 3 mi away.
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