Los Alamos Historic Marker
Los Alamos Historic Marker is a historic site in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 2,112 m. Turkey Ridge stands 3,558 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Main Gate Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway passes 6.5 miles off.
The story
Park in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, United States.
Wikidata Q49519336, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Material
- wood
How to reach it
- 6.5 mi off the Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway
- 6.9 mi off the Jemez Mountain Trail, National
- 22.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 11.7 mi off the High Road to Taos
Overlooks nearby
- Frijoles Canyon Viewpoint · 10 mi
- San Diego Canyon Overlook Overlook Site · 21 mi
- Jemez Canyon Overlook · 21 mi
- Cross of the Martyrs Hill · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Camp Hamilton: 0.6 mi
- Otowi Pueblo Ruins: 1.0 mi
- Navawi Pueblo Ruins: 2.6 mi
- Peggy Pond Church: 3.1 mi
- Los Alamos Education Group Monument: 3.1 mi
- Mesita de Los Alamos: 0.8 mi
- Mesita del Buey: 2.2 mi
- Barranca Mesa: 2.9 mi
- North Mesa: 3.0 mi
- Pajarito Mesa: 3.1 mi
- LAM: 1.6 mi
- LANB sculpture: 2.8 mi
- Post Office Bald Eagle: 3.0 mi
- Roadrunner: 3.0 mi
- Oppenheimer and Groves: 3.1 mi
- Main Gate Park: 0.4 mi
- Los Pueblos Park: 2.2 mi
- Pine Street Playlot: 2.7 mi
- Fire Station Fountain: 3.9 mi
- Rocket Park: 4.0 mi
- Los Alamos History Museum: 3.1 mi
- Hans Bethe House: 3.1 mi
- San Ildefonso Pueblo Museum: 7.4 mi
- Bond House Museum: 12.2 mi
- Poeh Cultural Center: 13.2 mi
- Amphitheater: 5.8 mi
- Alcove House: 6.3 mi
- Alcove: 6.4 mi
- The Narrows: 6.4 mi
- Bond House Historic Site: 12.2 mi
- Pajarito Springs: 5.6 mi
- Soda Springs: 5.9 mi
- Pine Spring: 6.0 mi
- Doe Springs: 6.4 mi
- Ancho Spring: 7.0 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 3.1 mi
- White Rock Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Colonia Prisma Community Garden: 20.4 mi
- Railyard Community Garden: 21.4 mi
- Xeric Garden: 23.0 mi
- Ampitheater Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Ponderosa Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Camp May: 8.6 mi
- Las Conchas Picnic Ground: 16.0 mi
- Water Canyon pour-off: 6.7 mi
- La Cuchilla de la Monjonera: 13.3 mi
- Gates of Hell: 16.5 mi
- Bear Jump: 17.6 mi
- Black Mesa: 22.9 mi
- Upper Frijoles Falls: 7.7 mi
- Lower Frijoles Falls: 7.9 mi
- Jemez Falls: 20.6 mi
- Rio en Medio Falls: 21.8 mi
- Buckman: 5.5 mi
- Bonanza City: 24.4 mi
- New Mexico Wildlife Center: 13.9 mi
- New Mexico Land Conservancy: 22.7 mi
- Spence Hot Spring: 21.5 mi
- San Antonio Hot Spring: 22.6 mi
- Rendija Arch: 5.5 mi
- La Bajada Rest Area: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Los Alamos Historic Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Ridge | NW 305° | 3,558 m | 13.8 mi |
| Chicoma Mountain | NW 320° | 3,517 m | 12.0 mi |
| Cerro Toledo | NW 308° | 3,323 m | 13.5 mi |
| Caballo Mountain | NW 310° | 3,200 m | 8.5 mi |
| Pajarito Mountain | W 276° | 3,176 m | 8.6 mi |
| Cerro Rubio | WNW 300° | 3,169 m | 9.9 mi |
| Cerros del Abrigo | WNW 287° | 3,148 m | 13.4 mi |
| Cerro Grande | W 268° | 3,098 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:47 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:16 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 34 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 70 | 67 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Alamos, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/9081861465
Day trips start here
- Bandelier National Monument · 8 mi
- Española · 13 mi
- Pojoaque · 13 mi
- Chimayó · 20 mi
- Santa Fe · 21 mi
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