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Mount Taylor Historic Marker

Mount Taylor Historic Marker from directly overhead

Mount Taylor Historic Marker is a historic site in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,981 m. Mount Taylor stands 3,449 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Fire and Ice Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Trail of the Ancients - NM runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
One of the great volcanic cones of the Colorado Plateau, Mount Taylor rises to an elevation of 11,301 feet and last erupted some 2 million years ago. Numerous fissure eruptions since that time and as recently as about 1,200 years ago have created . . .
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Coordinates35.14946, -107.87470

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 16
  • Mirabel Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Twin Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Cienega Spring (Mud Hole Spring): 15.5 mi
  • Canovitas Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Aragon Spring: 17.1 mi
Parks: 11
  • Fire and Ice Park: 1.1 mi
  • McElroy Park: 1.8 mi
  • Neighborhood Park: 2.0 mi
  • Smokey Circle: 2.3 mi
  • Truman Park: 2.4 mi
Cliffs: 10
  • Junction Cave (no entry): 14.4 mi
  • Double Sinks: 14.6 mi
  • Double Sinks: 14.6 mi
  • Xenolith Cave: 15.0 mi
  • Bandera Crater: 15.7 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Route 66 Drive-Thru Neon Sign: 1.1 mi
  • El Malpais Visitor Center: 12.9 mi
  • La Ventana Natural Arch: 19.3 mi
  • Phillips 66 Gas Station: 20.5 mi
  • Narrows Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
Museums: 5
Historic sites: 3
Nature reserves: 2
  • Bluewater Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 13.8 mi
  • Casamero Community ACEC: 21.6 mi
Natural arches: 2
  • Lava Bridge: 19.0 mi
  • La Ventana Arch: 19.4 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Jesus: 2.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Mount Taylor Historic Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TaylorENE 68°3,449 m16.3 mi
Cerro PelonENE 65°3,057 m19.7 mi
Cerro OshaENE 63°2,947 m20.6 mi
Cerro VenadaENE 59°2,824 m17.6 mi
Mount SedgwickW 278°2,819 m12.6 mi
Microwave RidgeE 80°2,807 m15.7 mi
Gallo PeakSSW 207°2,642 m9.7 mi
Salitre MesaWNW 291°2,625 m14.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:5019:24
June solstice05:5819:5220:30
September equinox07:0018:3619:10
December solstice07:1716:2517:04

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323643515969747164534132
Precip in0.60.40.50.40.50.51.71.81.20.80.60.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grants AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/6352420892

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