CERRILLOS - Official Scenic Historical Marker
CERRILLOS - Official Scenic Historical Marker is a historic site in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,735 m. Sierra Pelada stands 2,962 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Cerrillos Children's Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Turquoise Trail runs past it.
The story
commemorative plaque in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States
Wikidata Q49477614, matched on coordinates and name (518 m apart).
What the record says
- Inscription
- CERRILLOS Elevation 5,688 ft. Before the arrival of the Spanish, the mineral rich area around Cerrillos produced turquoise, which was broadly traded across the American Southwest into México. An early settlement of Los Cerrillos harbored Spanish refugees
How to reach it
- On the Turquoise Trail, National
- 6.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 6.5 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 15.9 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Village Vista · 1 mi
- Galisteo Basin Overlook · 16 mi
- Gronquist Arroyo Overlook · 19 mi
- Cross of the Martyrs Hill · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cerrillos Children's Park: 0.3 mi
- Oscar Huber Memorial Ball Park: 2.4 mi
- Garden of the Gods Historical Marker: 2.4 mi
- Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve: 9.1 mi
- Picnic Tables: 9.4 mi
- Horse: 1.3 mi
- Fan Pole: 2.9 mi
- Pen Zia: 9.3 mi
- Zia: 9.4 mi
- Kokopelli: 9.4 mi
- Waldo Mesa: 2.1 mi
- Mount Chalchihuitl: 2.5 mi
- El Cerro de la Cosena: 3.5 mi
- Picture Rock: 4.5 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 4.6 mi
- x: 8.1 mi
- Leonora Curtin Paloheimo: 9.4 mi
- Ann Wauben: 9.5 mi
- Royal Road, el Camino real de Tierra Adentro: 9.6 mi
- Official Scenic Historic Marker: 11.0 mi
- Cerrillos Turquoise Mining Museum: 0.5 mi
- Madrid Museum (Old coal town): 2.7 mi
- El Rancho de las Golondrinas: 9.6 mi
- El Rancho de los Golondrinas: 9.6 mi
- Santa Fe Reptile and Bug Museum: 13.1 mi
- Cerrillos Opera House Historic Site: 0.4 mi
- abandoned mine marker: 2.1 mi
- Madrid Boarding House Historic Site: 2.7 mi
- Mountain Village: 9.4 mi
- Plaza Salazar: 9.6 mi
- The Haozous Garden: 12.2 mi
- Biowall: 13.7 mi
- Colonia Prisma Community Garden: 13.9 mi
- Xeric Garden: 19.2 mi
- Goede Orchard Garden: 19.2 mi
- Yoh toh: 1.2 mi
- Cochiti Springs: 14.5 mi
- Tunnel Spring: 20.6 mi
- Osha Spring: 22.1 mi
- Capulin Spring: 22.4 mi
- Tetilla Peak Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
- Las Huertas Picnic Grounds: 21.4 mi
- Capulin Springs Picnic Ground: 22.4 mi
- Capulin Picnic Ground: 22.5 mi
- Dry Camp Picnic Ground: 22.8 mi
- Santa Fe Conservation Trust: 10.1 mi
- Galisteo Basin Preserve: 10.3 mi
- New Mexico Land Conservancy: 13.9 mi
- Eldorado's Community Preserve: 15.4 mi
- Bishop John Lamy Grant: 16.0 mi
- Devils Throne: 1.0 mi
- Garden of the Gods: 2.4 mi
- White Bluffs: 16.1 mi
- Water Canyon pour-off: 24.6 mi
- Waldo: 1.9 mi
- Bonanza City: 7.6 mi
- Hagan: 13.6 mi
- Lower Frijoles Falls: 23.8 mi
- Upper Frijoles Falls: 24.0 mi
- La Bajada Rest Area: 6.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of CERRILLOS - Official Scenic Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Pelada | NE 45° | 2,962 m | 20.1 mi |
| Atalaya Mountain | NE 40° | 2,780 m | 21.2 mi |
| Atalaya Mountain | NE 40° | 2,779 m | 21.1 mi |
| Placer Mountain | SSW 202° | 2,700 m | 7.4 mi |
| South Mountain | SSW 198° | 2,665 m | 18.2 mi |
| Shaggy Peak | NE 53° | 2,657 m | 20.7 mi |
| Palomas Peak | SW 229° | 2,647 m | 21.2 mi |
| Picacho Peak | NE 38° | 2,590 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
The recorded facing catches the sunrise.
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:46 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:29 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:17 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 36 | 43 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 53 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa FE CO Muni AP, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8426347487
Day trips start here
- Madrid · 3 mi
- Santa Fe · 21 mi
- Bandelier National Monument · 26 mi
- Bernalillo · 26 mi
- Edgewood · 26 mi
- Cedar Crest · 27 mi
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