Modoc

Modoc is a quarry in Doña Ana County, New Mexico and has an elevation of 6,362 feet. Modoc is situated nearby to the peak Organ Needle.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Organ Needle.

Organ Needle

Peak

Photo: Tumbenhaur, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Butterfield Park and Organ.

Butterfield Park is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Butterfield Park had a population of 794. Butterfield Park is situated 6 miles northwest of Modoc.

Organ

Village

Photo: Talltanbarbie, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Organ is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2020 census, Organ had a population of 242. Organ is situated 6 miles north of Modoc.

White Sands Missile Range

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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 6 miles northeast of Modoc.

Modoc

Type: Quarry
Address: NM
Category: industry
Location: Doña Ana County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

32.34426° or 32° 20′ 39″ north

Longitude

-106.58° or 106° 34′ 48″ west

Elevation

6,362 feet (1,939 metres)

Open location code

854M8CVC+P2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369156184

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

GeoNames ID

5479755

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