Foster Hotel Historic Site
Foster Hotel Historic Site is an attraction in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 2,399 m. Banded Peak stands 3,892 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Burns-Kelly Store Historic Site, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Narrow-Gauge Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off. 100 named places lie within 25 miles, 56 of them named summits.
The story
historic building in Chama, New Mexico, United States
Wikidata Q60749525, matched on coordinates and name (57 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2399 m
How to reach it
- 23.3 mi off the Narrow-Gauge Scenic Byway
100 named places within 25 miles
- Rabbit Peak: 1.3 mi
- Dos Lomas: 4.2 mi
- Sugar Loaf Mountain: 5.6 mi
- El Cerro: 6.4 mi
- Chromo Mountain: 9.4 mi
- Burns-Kelly Store Historic Site: 0.1 mi
- Dunham Log House Historic Site: 0.1 mi
- Chama Jail House Historic Site: 0.1 mi
- Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad: 0.1 mi
- T D Buras Store Historic Site: 12.0 mi
- Cumbres Pass Historical Marker: 0.1 mi
- Chama Historical Marker: 0.1 mi
- Poso Park: 7.4 mi
- Fort Lowell Historical Marker: 14.2 mi
- Tierra Amarilla Historical Marker: 14.2 mi
- Tecolote Rim: 11.6 mi
- Brazos Cliffs: 13.3 mi
- Brazos Cliffs: 13.5 mi
- Brazos Cliffs: 13.7 mi
- Reed Escarpment: 13.9 mi
- Edward Sargent Wildlife Management Area: 3.7 mi
- W.A. Humphries Wildlife Management Area: 11.1 mi
- Laguna del Campo Wildlife Management Area: 12.7 mi
- Heron Lake State Park: 17.2 mi
- El Vado Lake State Park: 21.4 mi
- El Camino Spring: 17.9 mi
- Spring Number One: 18.8 mi
- Warm Spring: 20.7 mi
- Moeller Spring: 24.4 mi
- Brazos Falls: 13.5 mi
- Brazos Falls: 13.5 mi
- Bull: 1.7 mi
- TA Marker: 13.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Foster Hotel Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banded Peak | N 349° | 3,892 m | 14.1 mi |
| Chama Peak | NNW 344° | 3,662 m | 9.8 mi |
| Chalk Mountains | NNW 330° | 3,649 m | 18.9 mi |
| Jarosa Peak | NNE 30° | 3,587 m | 13.2 mi |
| Grouse Mesa | ESE 118° | 3,477 m | 10.7 mi |
| Flattop Mountain | NNW 338° | 3,477 m | 22.4 mi |
| Navajo Peak | NNW 327° | 3,441 m | 15.6 mi |
| Brazos Peak | ESE 121° | 3,440 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:51 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:14 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 26 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 63 | 62 | 55 | 44 | 32 | 23 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chama, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/366377292
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