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Jemez Mountains Historic Marker

Jemez Mountains Historic Marker from directly overhead

Jemez Mountains Historic Marker is a historic site in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,745 m. Chicoma Mountain stands 3,517 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Maria Montoya Martinez Historic Marker, a historic site 0.9 miles away. High Road to Taos passes 3.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
On the skyline to the west are the Jemez Mountains where tremendous volcanic eruptions a million years ago created a huge caldera some 15 miles in diameter that now forms beautiful Valle Grande set amid a ring of volcanic peaks. Geothermal energy . . .
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.88599, -106.10202

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Peaks
  • Black Mesa: 2.5 mi
  • La Mesita: 3.1 mi
  • Otowi Peak: 3.4 mi
  • Mesita de Los Alamos: 9.0 mi
  • Popawi: 9.1 mi
Artworks
Museums: 33
Attractions: 29
Gardens: 17
Springs: 11
Picnic sites: 9
  • Ampitheater Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
  • Cottonwood Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
  • Northlake Picnic ground: 12.3 mi
  • Ponderosa Picnic Area: 14.7 mi
  • Camp May: 16.6 mi
Cliffs: 6
Waterfalls: 4
  • Upper Frijoles Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Lower Frijoles Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Rio en Medio Falls: 14.1 mi
  • Hyde Park Falls: 18.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Nature reserves: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Rendija Arch: 13.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Jemez Mountains Historic Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chicoma MountainWNW 298°3,517 m17.9 mi
Aspen PeakESE 109°3,384 m17.5 mi
Caballo MountainWNW 288°3,200 m15.4 mi
Pajarito MountainW 271°3,176 m16.7 mi
Cerro RubioWNW 284°3,169 m17.3 mi
Cerro GrandeW 266°3,098 m17.4 mi
Shell MountainWNW 285°3,098 m17.7 mi
La SotellaNW 324°2,647 m17.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4319:16
June solstice05:4919:4720:25
September equinox06:5318:2919:03
December solstice07:1216:1516:55

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323844515969747164524131

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Espanola, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/6401647515

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