Rock Spring
Rock Spring is a spring in Doña Ana County, New Mexico and has an elevation of 5,344 feet. Rock Spring is situated nearby to the hamlet White Sands Missile Range, as well as near White Sands Missle Range Post Area.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. Organ Needle is situated 2 miles southwest of Rock Spring.
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 3 miles northeast of Rock Spring.
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 3½ miles northeast of Rock Spring.
Rock Spring
- Type: Spring
- Category: body of water
- Location: Doña Ana County, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
32.35725° or 32° 21′ 26″ northLongitude
-106.52945° or 106° 31′ 46″ westElevation
5,344 feet (1,629 metres)Open location code
854M9F4C+V6GeoNames ID
5488139
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