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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 Mountain Village, a attraction 0.1 miles 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

Peaks
Artworks
  • Pen Zia: 2.4 mi
  • Zia: 2.9 mi
  • Kokopelli: 2.9 mi
  • Dinosaurs: 4.9 mi
  • Hare: 5.4 mi
Historic sites: 58
Parks: 55
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 PeakENE3,215 m18.4 mi
Glorieta BaldyENE3,116 m18.3 mi
Sierra PeladaENE2,962 m14.4 mi
Monument RockENE2,830 m18.7 mi
Atalaya MountainENE2,779 m14.7 mi
Placer MountainSSW2,700 m16.5 mi
Shaggy PeakE2,657 m16.2 mi
Picacho PeakENE2,590 m14.6 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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