Dripping Springs
Dripping Springs is a spring in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,913 m. Organ Needle stands 2,708 m to the north-northeast, 1.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Baldy Peak, a peak 0.6 miles away. El Camino Real passes 13 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1913 m
How to reach it
- 12.7 mi off the El Camino Real, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Organ Mountains Historical Marker: 0.9 mi
- Dripping Springs Natural Area: 1.4 mi
- Bicentennial Grove: 5.9 mi
- Volunteer Park: 5.9 mi
- Missile Park: 6.9 mi
- Baldy Peak: 0.6 mi
- Organ Peak: 1.3 mi
- Bar Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Chimney Rock: 1.5 mi
- Organ Needle: 1.6 mi
- Rock House: 0.9 mi
- George Russell Beasley House Remains: 2.4 mi
- George Beasley's Goat Pen: 2.5 mi
- Cistern: 2.5 mi
- William Foster Beasley House Remains: 2.6 mi
- White Sands Missile Range Museum: 6.9 mi
- V-2 Display Annex: 6.9 mi
- Space Murals Museum: 7.2 mi
- New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum: 8.9 mi
- NMSU University Art Museum: 11.0 mi
- Nike Missile: 7.1 mi
- NMSU: 10.4 mi
- The Traders: 11.0 mi
- Class of 1931 Commemorative: 11.0 mi
- The Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 11.1 mi
- La Cueva: 1.7 mi
- Pat Garrett's Grave: 12.7 mi
- World's Largest Chili Pepper: 13.9 mi
- Sandia Gulch Begin: 17.9 mi
- Sandia Gulch End: 18.5 mi
- Filmore Spring: 1.2 mi
- Middle Spring: 2.3 mi
- Mine House Spring: 3.5 mi
- The Tooth: 1.8 mi
- Southern Comfort Wall: 3.2 mi
- South Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
- North Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
- Fillmore waterfall: 1.4 mi
- Rest Area I-10 (West Bound): 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dripping Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organ Needle | NNE 16° | 2,708 m | 1.6 mi |
| Organ Peak | ENE 68° | 2,668 m | 1.3 mi |
| The Needles | N 356° | 2,565 m | 2.2 mi |
| Baldy Peak | E 95° | 2,564 m | 0.6 mi |
| Granite Peak | ENE 77° | 2,554 m | 2.9 mi |
| San Andres Peak | N 5° | 2,459 m | 24.5 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | NE 42° | 2,443 m | 2.2 mi |
| Rabbit Ears | N 352° | 2,440 m | 3.2 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 | 06:55 | 18:32 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:29 | 17:06 |
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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/1872205963
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