Middle Spring
Middle Spring is a spring in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,821 m. Organ Needle stands 2,708 m to the east-southeast, 1.6 miles off. The nearest named place is The Needles, a peak 0.9 miles away. El Camino Real passes 12 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1821 m
How to reach it
- 12.2 mi off the El Camino Real, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Dripping Springs Natural Area: 1.3 mi
- Organ Mountains Historical Marker: 2.6 mi
- Organ Town Square: 5.1 mi
- Bicentennial Grove: 5.8 mi
- Site of San Agustin Springs Historical Marker: 5.8 mi
- The Needles: 0.9 mi
- Rabbit Ears: 1.3 mi
- Organ Needle: 1.6 mi
- Minerva's Temple: 1.8 mi
- Sugarloaf Peak: 2.6 mi
- Topp Hut: 1.1 mi
- Rock House: 2.8 mi
- George Russell Beasley House Remains: 4.7 mi
- George Beasley's Goat Pen: 4.9 mi
- Cistern: 4.9 mi
- Space Murals Museum: 4.9 mi
- V-2 Display Annex: 6.8 mi
- White Sands Missile Range Museum: 6.8 mi
- New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum: 8.5 mi
- NMSU University Art Museum: 10.7 mi
- Nike Missile: 5.3 mi
- NMSU: 10.2 mi
- The Traders: 10.7 mi
- Class of 1931 Commemorative: 10.7 mi
- The Bent of Tau Beta Pi: 10.9 mi
- La Cueva: 1.3 mi
- Pat Garrett's Grave: 12.0 mi
- World's Largest Chili Pepper: 13.1 mi
- Sandia Gulch Begin: 16.7 mi
- Sandia Gulch End: 17.2 mi
- Mine House Spring: 1.2 mi
- Filmore Spring: 1.2 mi
- Dripping Springs: 2.3 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Northbound: 23.7 mi
- Rest Area I-10 (West Bound): 23.9 mi
- Fort Selden Rest Area Southbound: 23.9 mi
- Southern Comfort Wall: 1.0 mi
- The Tooth: 1.0 mi
- South Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
- North Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
- Fillmore waterfall: 1.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Middle Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Organ Needle | ESE 108° | 2,708 m | 1.6 mi |
| Organ Peak | SE 124° | 2,668 m | 2.8 mi |
| The Needles | E 81° | 2,565 m | 0.9 mi |
| Baldy Peak | SE 142° | 2,564 m | 2.7 mi |
| Granite Peak | ESE 110° | 2,554 m | 4.2 mi |
| San Andres Peak | N 8° | 2,459 m | 22.5 mi |
| Sugarloaf Peak | E 99° | 2,443 m | 2.6 mi |
| Rabbit Ears | NNE 30° | 2,440 m | 1.3 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 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 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.
- Creosote Bush263 obs
- Ornate Tree Lizard183 obs
- scarlet hedgehog cactus178 obs
- Wheeler sotol126 obs
- Apache plume104 obs
- Wright's silktassel99 obs
- Parry's agave95 obs
- Giant Agave Bug90 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/1872205939
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