Organ Needle, Mountain summit in Doña Ana County, United States.

Organ Needle is the highest point of the Organ Mountains in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, at 2,712 metres. It crowns the southeast end of a narrow ridge of vertically jointed quartz monzonite called The Needles, 13 miles east-northeast of Las Cruces and 4 miles southwest of White Sands. The summit is steep and pointed, rising 4,000 feet above the Tularosa Basin within 2 miles.

The area served as hunting grounds for indigenous peoples long before American settlement in the 19th century. The mountain range was named by early settlers who thought the rock formations resembled organ pipes.

The peak sits at the southeast end of a narrow ridge of vertically jointed quartz monzonite called The Needles, and its name comes from the pointed, steep summit that resembles a needle. Climbers rate the route as a difficult scramble of class 3+ or 4, with tricky route-finding and about 4,000 feet of vertical gain.

Access from Las Cruces involves driving on dirt roads to the trailhead, then hiking and scrambling sections that increase in difficulty. Start early in the day to complete the ascent with plenty of daylight, especially during hot summer months.

Organ Needle sits at the southeast end of a narrow ridge of vertically jointed quartz monzonite called The Needles. Its local relief rivals Big Hatchet Peak, Sandia Crest and Shiprock, and the summit stands 5,100 feet above Las Cruces. Reaching it requires class 3+ or 4 scrambling and careful route-finding.