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Totem Pole

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Elevation, modelled
2,290 m
Tallest summit within 18.0 miles
Truchas Peak3,975 m · 17.7 mi
Nearest byway
Historic Route 669.6 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
20:23local time
Coordinates
35.7083, -105.6823
Totem Pole from directly overhead

Totem Pole is a artwork in New Mexico, at a modelled 2,290 m. Truchas Peak stands 3,975 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Windy Bridge Picnic Ground, a picnic site 0.9 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 9.6 miles off.

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Totem Pole. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Truchas PeakN 7°3,975 m17.7 mi
Santa Fe BaldyNNW 334°3,847 m9.6 mi
Pecos BaldyN 4°3,806 m13.9 mi
Lake PeakNW 321°3,771 m7.9 mi
Redondo PeakNNW 342°3,766 m11.2 mi
Penitente PeakNW 323°3,720 m7.6 mi
Tesuque PeakNW 314°3,656 m7.7 mi
Sierra MoscaNNW 342°3,603 m14.9 mi

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 1
Hot springs: 1
DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4119:15
June solstice05:4819:4520:23
September equinox06:5118:2719:01
December solstice07:1016:1416:54

Local time (America/Denver).

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