Eldorado Hotel Historic Site
Eldorado Hotel Historic Site is an attraction in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,961 m. Elk Mountain stands 3,550 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Dawn, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Santa Fe Trail runs past it. 121 named places lie within 25 miles, 40 of them named summits.
The story
hotel building in Las Vegas, New Mexico
Wikidata Q60750231, matched on coordinates and name (97 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1961 m
How to reach it
- On the Santa Fe Trail, National
- 5.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
121 named places within 25 miles
- Tecolote Peak: 7.0 mi
- Fisher Hill: 12.6 mi
- El Barro Peaks: 13.4 mi
- Cerro de la Cruz: 14.5 mi
- Barillas Peak: 14.6 mi
- El Fidel Hotel Historic Site: 0.1 mi
- Murphy Drug Store Historic Site: 0.1 mi
- Douglas-Sixth Street District: 0.1 mi
- Crockett Building Historic Site: 0.1 mi
- Castaneda Hotel Historic Site: 0.1 mi
- Lincoln Park: 0.2 mi
- Carnegie Park: 0.3 mi
- Alumni Park: 0.3 mi
- Central Park: 0.4 mi
- Truder Park: 0.5 mi
- The Historic Serf Theatre Hall: 0.1 mi
- Montezuma Castle: 5.6 mi
- HERMIT'S PEAK HISTORIC MARKER: 10.1 mi
- STRIKE VALLEYS HISTORIC MARKER: 15.5 mi
- Emiteria "Matie" Martinez Robinson Viles Historic Marker: 15.5 mi
- Red Dawn: 0.0 mi
- Welcome: 1.3 mi
- Storrie Zia: 4.2 mi
- UWC: 5.6 mi
- Dwan Light Sanctuary: 5.7 mi
- Oak Flats: 14.5 mi
- Baker Flat: 14.9 mi
- Fishing Hole: 15.5 mi
- Big Pine: 16.4 mi
- Rough Riders Museum: 0.2 mi
- City of Las Vegas Museum: 0.2 mi
- Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Memorial and City Museum: 0.2 mi
- McAllister Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.4 mi
- Villanueva State Park: 24.2 mi
- Hermit's Spring: 15.6 mi
- Wesner Spring/Mine: 23.1 mi
- Montezuma Hot Springs: 5.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Eldorado Hotel Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Mountain | WNW 302° | 3,550 m | 22.5 mi |
| Mount Barker | WNW 300° | 3,490 m | 23.1 mi |
| Spring Mountain | NW 313° | 3,400 m | 24.3 mi |
| Valle de la Piedra | WNW 296° | 3,340 m | 21.1 mi |
| Hermit Peak | NW 313° | 3,127 m | 15.3 mi |
| El Cielo Mountain | NW 306° | 3,028 m | 16.5 mi |
| Lone Pine Mesa | NW 315° | 2,968 m | 19.9 mi |
| Johnson Mesa | WNW 296° | 2,965 m | 15.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:43 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:26 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 16:13 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 34 | 40 | 48 | 55 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 60 | 49 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LAS Vegas Wwtp, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/366377864
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- Pecos · 26 mi
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