Maroon Cliffs
Maroon Cliffs is a cliff in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,039 m. Hat Mesa stands 1,194 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Tower Hill, a peak 3.6 miles away. Guadalupe Back Country Byway passes 29 miles off. 64 named places lie within 25 miles, 6 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1039 m
How to reach it
- 28.9 mi off the Guadalupe Back Country Byway
64 named places within 25 miles
- Lovings Bend Park: 18.7 mi
- Goodnight-Loving Trail Historical Marker: 18.7 mi
- Ervell M Guevara Memorial Park: 19.1 mi
- Pecos River Village Recreation Area: 19.9 mi
- Riverview Park: 19.9 mi
- Tower Hill: 3.6 mi
- Sand Point: 10.8 mi
- Bushy Knob: 12.4 mi
- Hat Mesa: 14.4 mi
- Centinela Mound: 17.5 mi
- LIvingston Ridge: 6.1 mi
- Culebra Bluff: 15.1 mi
- Telltale Bluffs: 18.2 mi
- Wildcat Bluff: 20.1 mi
- Cedar Breaks: 21.2 mi
- CARLSBAD PBR #26: 16.6 mi
- HOBBS PBR 19: 16.7 mi
- Alejandro R Ruiz Memorial: 20.0 mi
- Time Capsule: 20.0 mi
- M-42 Duster: 20.3 mi
- The Artist Gallery Carlsbad NM: 20.5 mi
- The Reader: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Maroon Cliffs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hat Mesa | E 93° | 1,194 m | 14.4 mi |
| Centinela Mound | S 173° | 1,077 m | 17.5 mi |
| Tower Hill | W 280° | 1,067 m | 3.6 mi |
| Indian Hill | WNW 292° | 1,041 m | 21.3 mi |
| Sand Point | W 272° | 1,032 m | 10.8 mi |
| Bushy Knob | SW 221° | 983 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:31 | 20:07 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:21 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 16:17 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 49 | 57 | 64 | 73 | 81 | 83 | 82 | 75 | 64 | 52 | 44 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waste Isolt'n Pilot PLT, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357576769
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