Echo Amphitheater
Echo Amphitheater is an attraction in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 2,028 m. Polvadera Peak stands 3,419 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Echo Amphitheater Picnic Site, a picnic site 0.2 miles away. Jemez Mountain Trail passes 29 miles off.
The story
natural amphitheater near US 84 in New Mexico
Wikidata Q49336022, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- USFS
How to reach it
- 29.2 mi off the Jemez Mountain Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Mesa Montosa: 3.0 mi
- Kitchen Mesa: 4.0 mi
- Mesa Juan Domingo: 5.5 mi
- Mesa del Yeso: 6.9 mi
- Mesa Prieta: 7.9 mi
- Ojitos de los Gatos: 5.9 mi
- Harris Bear Spring: 12.1 mi
- Elk Spring: 12.2 mi
- Rock Spring: 12.3 mi
- Rancherilla Spring: 12.4 mi
- Chimney Rock: 2.9 mi
- Ghost Ranch: 3.7 mi
- Canjilon Mountain Lookout Cabin Historic Site: 9.7 mi
- Abiquiu Dam Visitor Center: 10.0 mi
- Tsi’pin Ruins trailhead (permit required via Coyote Ranger Station): 14.8 mi
- Dominguez-Velez de Escalente Trail Historical Marker: 15.7 mi
- Senator Matias L. Chacon Recreational Park: 18.9 mi
- El Rito Historical Marker: 18.9 mi
- El Vado Lake State Park: 20.4 mi
- Heron Lake State Park: 23.5 mi
- Time Capsule: 10.0 mi
- Tsi-p'in-owinge' Pueblo Ruins: 14.0 mi
- Abiquiu Historical Marker: 15.6 mi
- Old Spanish Trail Historical Marker: 15.7 mi
- Poshuoinge: 17.5 mi
- Rincon Colorado: 13.0 mi
- Cerro Valdez: 18.8 mi
- Red Rock Cliff: 22.3 mi
- La Cuchilla de la Monjonera: 23.9 mi
- Gates of Hell: 24.5 mi
- Ruth Hall Museum of Paleontology: 3.6 mi
- Florence Hawley Ellis Museum of Anthropology: 3.6 mi
- Georgia O'keefe museum and home: 15.7 mi
- Pink Flamingo: 15.5 mi
- Mars Polar Lander: 19.0 mi
- El Vado Lake State Park: 21.7 mi
- Heron Lake State Park: 23.4 mi
- Echo Amphitheater Picnic Site: 0.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Echo Amphitheater. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polvadera Peak | SSE 162° | 3,419 m | 21.8 mi |
| Canjilon Mountain | NE 34° | 3,326 m | 17.4 mi |
| Cerro Saragate | NNE 26° | 3,230 m | 21.7 mi |
| Cerro Pavo | S 182° | 3,144 m | 22.3 mi |
| Red Hill | NNE 30° | 3,097 m | 17.0 mi |
| Mogote Peak | NE 52° | 3,048 m | 15.2 mi |
| La Mesa del Pedregosa | S 174° | 3,039 m | 22.6 mi |
| Cerro Pedernal | S 174° | 3,003 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:50 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:15 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 34 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Abiquiu DAM, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/6634234951
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