Red Rock Cliff
Red Rock Cliff is a cliff in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 2,955 m. Cerro de la Garita stands 3,225 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Cecilia Spring, a spring 3.4 miles away. Jemez Mountain Trail passes 11 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2955 m
How to reach it
- 10.6 mi off the Jemez Mountain Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- San Diego Canyon Overlook Overlook Site · 23 mi
- Jemez Canyon Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cerro Blanco: 7.1 mi
- Capulin Peak: 7.4 mi
- Mesa Pinabetal: 7.6 mi
- Mesa Gurule: 7.7 mi
- Nacimiento Peak: 8.3 mi
- Cecilia Spring: 3.4 mi
- Cave Canyon Sping: 19.2 mi
- Laxitive Spring: 20.8 mi
- Footbath Spring: 20.8 mi
- Kidney and Stomach Trouble Spring: 20.8 mi
- Cuba Rams: 10.7 mi
- Nogales Cliff House trailhead: 17.4 mi
- Echo Amphitheater: 22.3 mi
- Tsi’pin Ruins trailhead (permit required via Coyote Ranger Station): 22.4 mi
- Chimney Rock: 23.3 mi
- Cuba: 11.0 mi
- Cuba Historic Marker: 12.3 mi
- San Juan Basin: 12.6 mi
- Fenton Lake: 19.3 mi
- Tsi-p'in-owinge' Pueblo Ruins: 22.1 mi
- Echo Amphitheater Picnic Site: 22.4 mi
- La Cueva Picnic Ground: 22.8 mi
- Dark Canyon Picnic Ground: 23.6 mi
- Rincon Picnic Ground: 24.1 mi
- Battleship Rock Picnic Ground: 24.8 mi
- Saint Francis of Assisi Park: 11.1 mi
- Sandoval County Event Center: 13.5 mi
- Valle Grande Historical Marker: 23.1 mi
- Valles Caldera National Preserve: 24.4 mi
- Rincon Colorado: 14.2 mi
- Cerro Valdez: 14.8 mi
- San Antonio Hot Spring: 18.1 mi
- Spence Hot Spring: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Red Rock Cliff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerro de la Garita | ESE 122° | 3,225 m | 20.0 mi |
| Cerro del Grant | ESE 119° | 3,174 m | 18.8 mi |
| Cerro Pavo | ESE 116° | 3,144 m | 18.1 mi |
| San Antonio Mountain | SE 141° | 3,041 m | 19.2 mi |
| La Mesa del Pedregosa | ESE 112° | 3,039 m | 21.2 mi |
| Cerro Pedernal | E 88° | 3,003 m | 18.5 mi |
| Cerro Jarocito | SE 136° | 2,993 m | 9.0 mi |
| Cerro Pelon | ESE 123° | 2,992 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:50 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:17 | 16:57 |
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 | 28 | 33 | 40 | 47 | 55 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cuba, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357598179
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