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Fort Selden Rest Area Northbound

Fort Selden Rest Area Northbound from directly overhead

Fort Selden Rest Area Northbound is a rest area in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,315 m. The Needles stands 2,565 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Selden Rest Area Southbound, a rest area 0.2 miles away. El Camino Real passes 3.3 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

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New Mexico Department of Transportation
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates32.55115, -106.92031
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks: 40
Historic sites: 11
Museums: 10
  • Village of Hatch Museum: 15.7 mi
  • Branigan Cultural Center: 18.4 mi
  • Art Museum: 18.4 mi
  • Museum of Nature & Science: 18.4 mi
  • Las Cruces Railroad Museum: 18.5 mi
Artworks: 9
  • Recycled Roadrunner Sculpture: 18.8 mi
  • The Traders: 21.0 mi
  • The Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 21.0 mi
  • Class of 1931 Commemorative: 21.0 mi
  • Weston Engine Co. Painted Post NY: 21.0 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Lucero Wash petroglyphs: 4.2 mi
  • Sandia Gulch End: 13.3 mi
  • Sandia Gulch Begin: 13.9 mi
  • Teako's Giants of Hatch: 15.7 mi
  • World's Largest Chili Pepper: 17.8 mi
Springs: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • North Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
  • South Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • Southern Comfort Wall: 23.2 mi
  • The Tooth: 24.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • Rincon Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 12.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Fillmore waterfall: 24.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Selden Rest Area Northbound. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
The NeedlesESE 124°2,565 m24.4 mi
San Andres PeakENE 69°2,459 m24.0 mi
Rabbit EarsESE 122°2,440 m23.6 mi
Baylor PeakESE 119°2,337 m22.8 mi
Big Brushy MountainE 82°2,252 m23.6 mi
Bear PeakE 97°2,134 m22.4 mi
San Augustin PeakESE 110°2,130 m22.2 mi
Quartz MountainE 98°2,066 m20.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4719:20
June solstice06:0119:4320:19
September equinox06:5718:3319:06
December solstice07:0616:2917:07

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404451586677807871604839
Precip in0.60.40.20.20.40.92.32.21.10.80.60.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LAS Cruces 20 N, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1313757548

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