Rest area · New Mexico

Waldrop Park Rest Area

Waldrop Park Rest Area from directly overhead

Waldrop Park Rest Area is a rest area in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,272 m. Punta Culebra de Cascade stands 1,371 m to the north-northeast, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Mescalero Ridge, a cliff 2.9 miles away. 15 named places lie within 25 miles, 8 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Step-free access: Yes

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates33.41759, -103.81457

Around it

15 named places within 25 miles

Peaks8

Mescalero Point: 4.6 mi
Soldier Hill: 9.0 mi
Soldier Hill: 9.0 mi
Punta Culebra de Cascade: 9.1 mi
Button Mesa: 15.1 mi

Cliffs3

Mescalero Ridge: 2.9 mi
Mescalero Ridge: 8.3 mi
Mescalero Ridge: 16.3 mi

Nature reserves2

Lesser Prairie Chicken Habitat Preservation Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 6.7 mi
Mescalero Sands Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 9.2 mi

Historic sites2

Atlas Missile Sit 579-5: 13.5 mi
Atlas Missile Site 579-4: 21.6 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Punta Culebra de Cascade	NNE 26°	1,371 m	9.1 mi
Mescalero Point	SSW 197°	1,370 m	4.6 mi
Button Mesa	NNE 18°	1,362 m	15.1 mi
Soldier Hill	SE 138°	1,348 m	9.0 mi
Soldier Hill	SE 138°	1,347.521 m	9.0 mi
Palma Mesa	NW 312°	1,255 m	20.0 mi
Sardine Mountain	WNW 287°	1,212 m	17.4 mi
Mesa Diablo	W 277°	1,208 m	24.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:00	18:34	19:07
June solstice	05:47	19:32	20:09
September equinox	06:44	18:21	18:54
December solstice	06:56	16:14	16:52

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	39	44	51	58	67	77	78	77	70	60	48	40
Precip in	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.6	1.0	1.4	2.7	2.2	2.3	1.4	0.8	0.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Caprock, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1095005830

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