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Colorado Plateau Historic Marker

Colorado Plateau Historic Marker from directly overhead

Colorado Plateau Historic Marker is a historic site in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,672 m. Ruiz Peak stands 2,778 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is White Mesa, a peak 1.3 miles away. Jemez Mountain Trail runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1672 m
Inscription
From this point, the Colorado Plateau extends across northwestern New Mexico into northeastern Arizona, southeastern Utah, and southwestern Colorado. A colorful landscape of mesas, and canyons, is underlain by natural mineral, oil, and gas resources . . .
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Coordinates35.55515, -106.80359

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Attractions: 26
  • White Mesa: 4.1 mi
  • Hoodoos: 4.2 mi
  • Petroglyphs: 6.9 mi
  • Replica of a prehistoric Jerez fieldhouse: 7.6 mi
  • Red Work trailhead: 7.6 mi
Historic sites: 12
Picnic sites: 8
  • Spanish Queen Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
  • Jemez Canyon Dam Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
  • Battleship Rock Picnic Ground: 20.9 mi
  • Group Area (by reservation only): 21.2 mi
  • Rincon Picnic Ground: 21.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • Holy Ghost Spring: 13.4 mi
  • McCauley Warm Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Jones Canyon Spring: 23.9 mi
  • Ojo Frio: 23.9 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • Cuchilla Blanca Hill: 8.1 mi
  • Cuchilla Blanca Hill: 8.3 mi
  • Bear Jump: 21.1 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Artworks: 2
  • Rams: 21.4 mi
  • Marian Shrine: 22.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Spence Hot Spring: 22.6 mi
Gardens: 1
Museums: 1
  • Corrales Historical Society: 24.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Colorado Plateau Historic Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ruiz PeakNE 52°2,778 m18.4 mi
Cerro del PinoNE 38°2,752 m18.1 mi
Pajarito PeakNNW 342°2,749 m10.2 mi
Cerro la JaraENE 56°2,711 m19.1 mi
Tres CerrosNE 56°2,709 m17.6 mi
Joaquin MesaN 357°2,590 m14.8 mi
Bear Springs PeakENE 60°2,472 m15.9 mi
Borrego MesaNE 48°2,415 m14.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:19
June solstice05:5319:4920:27
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1416:1916:59

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333744505969727064534133
Precip in1.00.81.00.90.80.72.62.61.61.40.90.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jemez Springs, 17 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357612100

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