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Leonora Curtin Paloheimo

Leonora Curtin Paloheimo from directly overhead

Leonora Curtin Paloheimo is a historic site in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,836 m. Thompson Peak stands 3,215 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Picnic Tables, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
December 7, 1903 - November 27, 1999
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.56980, -106.10932

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Peaks
Artworks
Museums: 33
Attractions: 28
  • Mountain Village: 0.1 mi
  • Plaza Salazar: 0.3 mi
  • The Downs: 2.2 mi
  • F-111 Fighter Jet: 3.7 mi
  • abandoned mine marker: 7.3 mi
Gardens: 17
Springs: 10
  • Yoh toh: 8.1 mi
  • Cochiti Springs: 10.7 mi
  • Ancho Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Doe Springs: 16.5 mi
  • Pajarito Springs: 16.9 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Tetilla Peak Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
  • Cottonwood Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
  • Ampitheater Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
  • Litte Tesuque Picnic Ground: 18.6 mi
  • Aspen Vista Picnic ground: 22.0 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Lower Frijoles Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Upper Frijoles Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Hyde Park Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Rio en Medio Falls: 22.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Leonora Curtin Paloheimo. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Thompson PeakENE 67°3,215 m18.4 mi
Glorieta BaldyENE 72°3,116 m18.3 mi
Sierra PeladaENE 70°2,962 m14.4 mi
Monument RockENE 62°2,830 m18.7 mi
Atalaya MountainENE 63°2,780 m14.8 mi
Atalaya MountainENE 63°2,779 m14.7 mi
Placer MountainSSW 192°2,700 m16.5 mi
Shaggy PeakE 79°2,657 m16.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4319:16
June solstice05:5019:4620:24
September equinox06:5318:2919:03
December solstice07:1116:1616:56

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323643506070737165534032
Precip in0.40.40.70.50.60.61.82.01.31.20.70.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa FE CO Muni AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11211081036

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