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 (20,921 m) east-northeast of Las Cruces and 4 miles (6 km) southwest of White Sands, headquarters of the White Sands Missile Range. It is at the southeast end of a narrow ridge of vertically jointed granite (more specifically, quartz monzonite) called The Needles.
Organ Needle is one of the most dramatic peaks in the state. True to its name, it is a steep, pointed summit. Moreover, it rises 4,000 feet (1,220 m) above the edge of the Tularosa Basin to the northeast in only 2 miles (3.2 km), and 5,100 feet (1,554 m) above Las Cruces, giving it as large and as steep a degree of local relief as any peak in the state, including Big Hatchet Peak, Sandia Crest, and Shiprock.
Climbing Organ Needle involves tricky route-finding, a vertical gain of about 4,000 feet (1,200 m) and a difficult scramble (class 3+ or 4).[3]
References
- ^ a b "Organ Needle, New Mexico". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
- ^ "Organ Needle". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2008-12-11.
- ^ "Organ Needle". SummitPost.org. Retrieved 2008-12-11.
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- Black Mountain (Catron County)
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- Mount Taylor
- West Blue Mountain
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Taos Mountains |
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- Haystack Mountain
- Mount Sedgwick
- Aden Crater
- Alamo Hueco Mountains
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- Canyon Creek Mountains
- Capitan Mountains
- Capulin Peak
- Cedar Mountain Range
- Datil Mountains
- Dirty Point
- Doña Ana Mountains
- Eagle Peak
- East Potrillo Mountains
- Elephant Butte (Hidalgo County)
- Elephant Butte (Sierra County)
- Fajada Butte
- Florida Mountains
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- Granite Peak
- Guadalupe Mountains
- Guadalupe Mountains (Hidalgo County)
- Hosta Butte
- Hueco Mountains
- Huérfano Mountain
- Jicarilla Mountains
- Jornada del Muerto Volcano
- Ladron Peak
- Little Burro Mountains
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- Luera Mountains
- Sierra Nacimiento
- Ocate Peak
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- Picacho Mountain
- Robledo Mountains
- San Antonio Mountain
- San Mateo Mountains (Socorro County)
- Sierra Aguilada
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- Sierra de las Uvas
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