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Puye Ruins Historical Marker

Puye Ruins Historical Marker from directly overhead

Puye Ruins Historical Marker is a historic site in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 2,092 m. Turkey Ridge stands 3,558 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Puye Cliff Dwellings, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway runs past it.

The story

park in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States

Wikidata Q49546984, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates35.97169, -106.23032

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Artworks: 59
Parks: 55
  • Los Pueblos Park: 5.4 mi
  • Main Gate Park: 6.7 mi
  • Pine Street Playlot: 6.9 mi
  • Kiva: 7.8 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park: 8.3 mi
Historic sites: 39
Springs: 17
Attractions: 17
Picnic sites: 11
  • Camp May: 10.7 mi
  • Ponderosa Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
  • Ampitheater Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
  • Cottonwood Picnic Area: 13.5 mi
  • Northlake Picnic ground: 17.7 mi
Cliffs: 8
Waterfalls: 4
Gardens: 2
Hot springs: 2
  • San Antonio Hot Spring: 23.2 mi
  • Spence Hot Spring: 23.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Rendija Arch: 7.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • New Mexico Wildlife Center: 11.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Puye Ruins Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Turkey RidgeW 275°3,558 m12.4 mi
Chicoma MountainWNW 286°3,517 m9.0 mi
Polvadera PeakWNW 302°3,419 m11.5 mi
Cerro ToledoW 278°3,323 m11.7 mi
Caballo MountainW 261°3,200 m7.6 mi
Pajarito MountainWSW 239°3,176 m11.2 mi
Cerro RubioW 259°3,169 m9.7 mi
Cerros del AbrigoWSW 259°3,148 m14.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4319:17
June solstice05:4919:4820:26
September equinox06:5418:3019:03
December solstice07:1216:1516:55

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303442485767706762513931
Precip in0.90.71.00.91.21.22.93.22.01.60.90.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Alamos, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357612427

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