Organ Needle

Organ Needle
Organ Needle

View of Organ Needle from the west
Elevation 8,980 ft (2,737 m) [1]
Prominence 3,700 ft (1,128 m) [1]
Location
Location Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA
Range Organ Mountains
Coordinates 32°20′42″N 106°33′41″W / 32.3450927°N 106.5613846°W / 32.3450927; -106.5613846Coordinates: 32°20′42″N 106°33′41″W / 32.3450927°N 106.5613846°W / 32.3450927; -106.5613846[2]
Topo map USGS Organ Peak
Climbing
Easiest route Off-trail hike/scramble, class 3+ or 4

Organ Needle is the highest point of the Organ Mountains in the south-central part of the US 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 (1,219 m) and a difficult scramble (Class 3+ or 4).[3]

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