Porter Draw

Porter Draw: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Porter Draw

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Porter Draw — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 32.43564, -107.91753. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Porter Draw

• City of Rocks State Park · sanctuary · Grant · ~22 km · Must-see
• Cookes Range Wilderness Study Area · viewpoint · Luna · ~24 km · Must-see
• Fryingpan Canyon · viewpoint · Luna · ~28 km · Must-see
• Massacre Peak · viewpoint · Luna · ~28 km · Must-see
• Deming-Luna-Mimbres Museum · museum · Luna · ~30 km · Must-see
• Luna County Courthouse Historic Site · park · Luna · ~31 km · Must-see
• Fort Cummings · fort · Luna · ~32 km · Must-see
• Starvation Draw · viewpoint · Luna · ~33 km · Must-see
• Soldiers Farewell Hill · viewpoint · Grant · ~50 km · Must-see
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints · church · Grant · ~55 km · Must-see
• H B Ailman House Historic Site · attraction · Grant · ~63 km · Must-see
• Jug Canyon · viewpoint · Sierra · ~72 km · Must-see
• Black Mountain · viewpoint · Luna · ~15 km
• Clabber Top Hill · viewpoint · Luna · ~17 km
• Antelope Hill · viewpoint · Luna · ~18 km
• Taylor Mountain · viewpoint · Luna · ~19 km
• Faywood Hot Springs · attraction · Grant · ~19 km
• Starvation Draw Detention Dam Number 2 · lake · Luna · ~22 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Porter Draw

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Porter Draw

• Cookes Range Wilderness Study Area · viewpoint · Luna · ~24 km · Must-see
• Fryingpan Canyon · viewpoint · Luna · ~28 km · Must-see
• Massacre Peak · viewpoint · Luna · ~28 km · Must-see
• Starvation Draw · viewpoint · Luna · ~33 km · Must-see
• Soldiers Farewell Hill · viewpoint · Grant · ~50 km · Must-see
• Jug Canyon · viewpoint · Sierra · ~72 km · Must-see
• McKnight Mountain · viewpoint · Grant · ~86 km · Must-see
• Broad Canyon Wilderness · viewpoint · Doña Ana · ~96 km · Must-see
• Pyramid Peak · viewpoint · Hidalgo · ~98 km · Must-see
• Copperas Peak · viewpoint · Grant · ~100 km · Must-see

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