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El Camino Real International Heritage Center

El Camino Real International Heritage Center from directly overhead

El Camino Real International Heritage Center is a museum in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,409 m. West Blue Mountain stands 3,145 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Canta Recio, a ghost town 2.6 miles away. El Camino Real passes 3.0 miles off. 115 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates33.59521, -107.09481

Overlooks nearby

115 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 54
Springs: 24
  • Deer Springs: 15.9 mi
  • San Jose 'spring: 16.6 mi
  • San Mateo Spring: 18.8 mi
  • Twentyfive Yard Spring: 19.0 mi
  • Aragon Spring: 19.0 mi
Cliffs: 19
  • Mesa del Contadero: 7.5 mi
  • Mesa del Contadero: 7.5 mi
  • Mesa del Contadero: 7.7 mi
  • Mesa del Contadero: 7.7 mi
  • Mesa del Contadero: 7.8 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Artworks: 1
  • Camino de Sueños: 2.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Garcia Falls: 21.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of El Camino Real International Heritage Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West Blue MountainWNW 284°3,145 m20.7 mi
Blue MountainWNW 283°3,135 m20.2 mi
Vicks PeakW 262°3,126 m19.8 mi
San Mateo MountainW 263°3,089 m20.6 mi
San Mateo PeakW 273°3,082 m19.4 mi
Apache Kid PeakW 280°3,065 m18.7 mi
Teepee PeakWNW 285°3,029 m20.1 mi
Holdup MountainW 279°2,828 m21.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4819:20
June solstice05:5919:4620:22
September equinox06:5718:3419:07
December solstice07:1016:2717:05

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394451586675797770594738
Precip in0.40.40.40.30.40.51.71.91.30.90.60.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bosque DEL Apache, 19 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/315398844

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