Organ Needle

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.

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include White Sands Missile Range and White Sands.

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 5 miles northeast of Organ Needle.

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 5 miles northeast of Organ Needle.

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 2020 census, Organ had a population of 242. Organ is situated 6 miles northwest of Organ Needle.

Organ Needle

Type: Peak with an elevation of 8,885 feet
Description: mountain in United States of America
Categories: mountain and landform
Location: Doña Ana County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

32.34531° or 32° 20′ 43″ north

Longitude

-106.56191° or 106° 33′ 43″ west

Elevation

8,885 feet (2,708 metres)

Open location code

854M8CWQ+46

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357586343

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

5482762

Wikidata ID

Q7101760

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ladin—“Organ Needle” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Organ Needle”
Cebuano: “Organ Needle”
Dutch: “Organ Needle”
Ladin: “Organ Needle”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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