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Eagle Nest, New Mexico Eagle Location of Eagle Nest, New Mexico Location of Eagle Nest, New Mexico Eagle Nest, New Mexico is positioned in the US Eagle Nest, New Mexico - Eagle Nest, New Mexico Location in the United States State New Mexico Eagle Nest is a village in Colfax County, New Mexico, United States.
The populace was 290 at the 2010 census. Situated on the Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway, Eagle Nest is a small summer-home and resort area.
Originally titled Therma, the village was retitled Eagle Nest in the 1930s. 3 Eagle Nest Lake Eagle Nest Historic District Eagle Nest is positioned in Colfax County at 36 33 8 N 105 15 41 W (36.552109, -105.261336), in the Moreno Valley, between the Cimarron Range to the east and the chief mass of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains to the west.
The village is at the north end of Eagle Nest Lake, a reservoir on the Cimarron River.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the village has a total region of 5.1 square miles (13.1 km2), of which 4.2 square miles (10.9 km2) is territory and 0.85 square miles (2.2 km2), or 16.76%, is water. Eagle Nest Historic District There were 333 housing units at an average density of 77.3 per square mile (29.8/km ).
The average homehold size was 2.17 and the average family size was 2.65.
In the village, the populace was spread out with 22.5% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 23.2% from 25 to 44, 41.2% from 45 to 64, and 6.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
Eagle Nest Lake Eagle Nest Lake Eagle Nest Lake State Park is New Mexico's newest state park, and a prominent camping, fishing and sightseeing attraction.
Eagle Nest has a borderline humid continental climate (Koppen Dfb), bordering on an alpine subarctic climate (Dfc) with very large day-night temperature variations, very warm days and chilly evenings in summer, and extremely cold evenings in winter.
On average, 250 evenings have minima below 32 F (0 C) and 40.3 evenings fall below 0 F ( 17.8 C), though maxima top freezing on all but 25.5 days.
Eagle Nest holds various low temperature records for New Mexico, including the coldest temperatures ever recorded in the state amid January, March, April, May and November. Snowfall is fairly heavy, averaging 62.8 inches (1.60 m) and reaching 140 inches or 3.56 metres between July 1934 and June 1935, but the abundant sunlight and mostly low latitude limit cover even in mid-winter to 4 inches (0.10 m).
Climate data for Eagle Nest, New Mexico (elevation 8,240 feet or 2,510 metres) Average high F ( C) 37.8 Average rain days ( 0.01 inch) 5 5 7 6 7 7 13 14 7 5 4 5 85 a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Eagle Nest village, New Mexico".
"About Eagle Nest" United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
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Village of Eagle Nest official website Municipalities and communities of Colfax County, New Mexico, United States
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