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 Georgia O'keefe museum and home, a museum 0.1 miles 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
- 1,849 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
- 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
- Senator Matias L. Chacon Recreational Park: 11.5 mi
- OO Health and Education Faciliy: 18.7 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park: 19.6 mi
- Valdez Park: 19.7 mi
- Los Pueblos Park: 21.3 mi
- Abiquiu Dam Visitor Center: 6.5 mi
- Delgado Hall Historic Site: 11.9 mi
- Ghost Ranch: 12.1 mi
- Chimney Rock: 12.9 mi
- Echo Amphitheater: 15.7 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 19.7 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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