Llano Estacado Historical Marker
Llano Estacado Historical Marker is a historic site in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,231 m. Mesa Redonda stands 1,580 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Mesalands Scenic Byway runs past it. 52 named places lie within 25 miles, 12 of them named summits.
The story
Park in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q49518415, joined on its GNIS feature id.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,231 m
How to reach it
- On the Mesalands Scenic Byway
- On the Historic Route 66, National
- 18.9 mi off the La Frontera del Llano Byway
Overlooks nearby
- San Jon Hill View · 9 mi
- Caprock View · 9 mi
52 named places within 25 miles
- San Jon Municipal Park: 0.1 mi
- San Jon PS Park: 0.3 mi
- Caprock Amphitheatre & Ralph Stanfield Memorial Nature Trail: 8.7 mi
- Clark Monument 9: 19.2 mi
- Wailes Park: 21.7 mi
- San Jon Hill: 8.4 mi
- Bedford Hill: 9.7 mi
- Park Hill: 12.3 mi
- Boney Hill: 12.4 mi
- Round Mountain: 12.5 mi
- Abandoned Glenrio Post Office: 16.9 mi
- Abandoned Texaco Station: 17.2 mi
- McFarland Brothers Bank Historic Site: 18.4 mi
- Shollenbarger Mercantile Company Building Historic Site: 18.4 mi
- Tee Pee Curios: 22.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Comanche Country Historical Marker: 20.9 mi
- Tucumcari Mountain Historical Marker: 20.9 mi
- Carand Collecible Museum: 13.7 mi
- Tucumcari Historical Museum: 22.6 mi
- Mesalands Community College Dinosaur Museum: 22.7 mi
- The Caprock: 16.3 mi
- Sand Point: 20.4 mi
- Ute Lake State Park Picnic Ground: 20.1 mi
- The Legendary Road: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Llano Estacado Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesa Redonda | WSW 244° | 1,580 m | 22.7 mi |
| Tucumcari Mountain | W 275° | 1,509 m | 20.9 mi |
| Park Hill | SE 142° | 1,422 m | 12.3 mi |
| Bulldog Mesa | W 269° | 1,418 m | 21.2 mi |
| Round Mountain | SE 138° | 1,406 m | 12.5 mi |
| San Jon Hill | S 188° | 1,403 m | 8.4 mi |
| Little Park Hill | SE 138° | 1,399 m | 13.0 mi |
| Boney Hill | SSE 151° | 1,362 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:34 | 20:12 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 06:59 | 16:07 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 44 | 52 | 59 | 68 | 78 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 61 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN JON, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357611979
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