Anvil Creek
Anvil Creek is a stream in Doña Ana County, New Mexico and has an elevation of 5,230 feet. Anvil Creek is situated nearby to the hamlet Boyd, as well as near White Sands Missile Range.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Organ Needle.
Organ Needle
Peak
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Organ Needle is the highest point of the Organ Mountains in the south-central part of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It lies in Doña Ana County, 13 miles east-northeast of Las Cruces and 4 miles southwest of White Sands, headquarters of the White Sands Missile Range. Organ Needle is situated 2½ miles south of Anvil Creek.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include White Sands Missile Range and Organ.
White Sands Missile Range
Hamlet
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White Sands Missile Range is a United States Army military testing area and firing range located in the US state of New Mexico. The range was originally established in 1941 as the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range, where the Trinity test site lay at the northern end of the Range, in Socorro County near the towns of Carrizozo and San Antonio. White Sands Missile Range is situated 4 miles east of Anvil Creek.
Organ
Village
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Organ is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 323. Organ is situated 4½ miles northwest of Anvil Creek.
White Sands
Village
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White Sands is a census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. It consists of the main residential area on the White Sands Missile Range. White Sands is situated 4½ miles east of Anvil Creek.
Anvil Creek
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Doña Ana County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
32.37787° or 32° 22′ 40″ northLongitude
-106.55416° or 106° 33′ 15″ westElevation
5,230 feet (1,594 metres)Open location code
854M9CHW+48GeoNames ID
5455416
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