Frijoles Canyon Viewpoint

Frijoles Canyon Viewpoint sits at 8,818 feet along the Jemez Mountain Trail, facing 205 degrees to the south-southwest. The terrain drops 711 feet within 600 meters of the overlook. Sawyer Mesa rises to the south-southwest at 1.2 miles, with an elevation of 8,789 feet. Farther out, Rabbit Hill lies southeast at 3.9 miles, followed by Boundary Peak (southeast, 5.9 miles), Saint Peter's Dome (south-southeast, 6.0 miles), Las Conchas (west-southwest, 6.4 miles, the highest of the group at 9,915 feet), and Cerro Picacho (south-southeast, 6.9 miles). Los Alamos is 7.3 miles to the east-northeast, Santa Fe is 28.7 miles east-southeast, and Rio Rancho is 39.3 miles south-southwest. Sunrise and sunset times vary through the year: on the June solstice, the sun rises at 5:51 and sets at 20:26, while on the December solstice sunrise is at 7:13 and sunset at 16:56. Equinox sunrise and sunset times fall between these extremes. The next stop along the route is the San Diego Canyon Overlook Site.