Old Spanish Trail Historical Marker
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Old Spanish Trail Historical Marker is a historic site in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,849 m. Turkey Ridge stands 3,558 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Dominguez-Velez de Escalente Trail Historical Marker, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.
The story
park in the United States of America
Wikidata Q49535278, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1849 m
How to reach it
- 17.0 mi off the Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway
- 17.5 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 25.0 mi off the Jemez Mountain Trail, National
- 25.9 mi off the High Road to Taos
Overlooks nearby
- Frijoles Canyon Viewpoint · 26 mi
- San Diego Canyon Overlook Overlook Site · 30 mi
- Jemez Canyon Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cerrito Blanco: 0.6 mi
- La Loma de Arena: 1.4 mi
- Cañones Mesa: 5.4 mi
- Sierra Negra: 5.5 mi
- Lobato Mesa: 5.7 mi
- Pink Flamingo: 0.2 mi
- Mars Polar Lander: 12.1 mi
- Rudolfo Anaya Mural: 19.8 mi
- Michael Jordan: 19.8 mi
- No limits mural: 20.0 mi
- Abiquiu Historical Marker: 0.2 mi
- Poshuoinge: 2.6 mi
- Time Capsule: 6.5 mi
- Tsi-p'in-owinge' Pueblo Ruins: 7.1 mi
- Posi Pueblo: 16.0 mi
- Dominguez-Velez de Escalente Trail Historical Marker: 0.0 mi
- Senator Matias L. Chacon Recreational Park: 11.5 mi
- El Rito Historical Marker: 11.5 mi
- Pueblo of San Juan Historical Marker: 17.5 mi
- San Gabriel on the Camino Real Historical Marker: 17.5 mi
- Ojitos de los Gatos: 9.9 mi
- Rock Spring: 14.1 mi
- Elk Spring: 15.0 mi
- Rancherilla Spring: 15.3 mi
- Harris Bear Spring: 15.4 mi
- Abiquiu Dam Visitor Center: 6.5 mi
- Tsi’pin Ruins trailhead (permit required via Coyote Ranger Station): 7.2 mi
- Delgado Hall Historic Site: 11.9 mi
- Ghost Ranch: 12.1 mi
- Chimney Rock: 12.9 mi
- Georgia O'keefe museum and home: 0.1 mi
- Florence Hawley Ellis Museum of Anthropology: 12.1 mi
- Ruth Hall Museum of Paleontology: 12.1 mi
- Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Center: 17.5 mi
- Bond House Museum: 19.9 mi
- Gates of Hell: 8.8 mi
- La Cuchilla de la Monjonera: 10.2 mi
- Black Mesa: 15.5 mi
- Cerro Valdez: 16.6 mi
- La Mesita: 21.3 mi
- Echo Amphitheater Picnic Site: 15.6 mi
- Camp May: 21.8 mi
- Rendija Arch: 20.4 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 22.5 mi
- New Mexico Wildlife Center: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Old Spanish Trail Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Ridge | SSW 206° | 3,558 m | 16.8 mi |
| Chicoma Mountain | SSW 195° | 3,517 m | 14.2 mi |
| Polvadera Peak | SSW 205° | 3,419 m | 11.2 mi |
| Cerro Toledo | SSW 204° | 3,323 m | 16.1 mi |
| Cerro de la Garita | SW 219° | 3,225 m | 18.6 mi |
| Caballo Mountain | S 188° | 3,200 m | 17.7 mi |
| Cerro del Grant | SW 224° | 3,174 m | 17.9 mi |
| Cerro Rubio | SSW 194° | 3,169 m | 18.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:48 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:15 | 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 | 49 | 58 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Abiquiu DAM, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357612408
Day trips start here
- Española · 20 mi
- Chimayó · 26 mi
- Pojoaque · 27 mi
- Bandelier National Monument · 30 mi
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