The Needles
The Needles is a peak in Doña Ana County, New Mexico and has an elevation of 8,415 feet. The Needles is situated nearby to the locality Juniper Saddle, as well as near Yellow Rock.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
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 Organ and White Sands Missile Range.
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 2010 census, its population was 323. Organ is situated 5 miles north of The Needles.
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 5 miles east of The Needles.
Butterfield Park
Village
Butterfield Park is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. Butterfield Park is situated 6 miles northwest of The Needles.
The Needles
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 8,415 feet
- Description: mountain in New Mexico, United States of America
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Doña Ana County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
32.35482° or 32° 21′ 17″ northLongitude
-106.5725° or 106° 34′ 21″ westElevation
8,415 feet (2,565 metres)Open location code
854M9C3H+W2OpenStreetMap ID
node 357581024OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
“The Needles” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “The Needles (bukid sa Estados Unidos, New Mexico)”
- Cebuano: “The Needles”
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