Salmon Ruins
Salmon Ruins is a nature reserve in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,652 m. Huerfano Mountain stands 2,268 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Salmon Ruin Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Trail of the Ancients - NM runs past it. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- On the Trail of the Ancients - NM, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lehmer Lookout · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kutz (River Tract): 0.4 mi
- Kutz (River Tract): 0.5 mi
- South Bloomfield (River Tracts): 0.8 mi
- Bull Calf (River Tracts): 0.9 mi
- Desert Hills (River Tracts): 2.6 mi
- Salmon Park: 2.5 mi
- Bishop Square: 2.8 mi
- Lee Acres Park: 3.8 mi
- Lee Acres Park: 3.8 mi
- Dustin Masonic Memorial Park: 7.3 mi
- Bald Mesa: 6.6 mi
- Hood Mesa: 9.7 mi
- Knickerbocker Peaks: 10.8 mi
- Slane Knob: 12.2 mi
- Dziltnsahah: 13.0 mi
- Shannon Bluff: 7.9 mi
- Morningstar Bluff: 8.0 mi
- South Buzan Canyon: 21.7 mi
- South Buzan Canyon: 21.9 mi
- North Buzan Canyon - South Rim: 22.0 mi
- Salmon Ruin Museum: 0.1 mi
- Bolack Electromechanical Museum: 6.8 mi
- Bolack Museum of Fish and Wildlife: 7.5 mi
- Farmington Museum: 8.1 mi
- Aztec Museum: 8.6 mi
- US HW 550 end: 2.5 mi
- Flora Vista Ruins: 6.6 mi
- All Veterans Memorial Plaza: 8.5 mi
- Aztec Ruins West Kiva: 9.4 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 10.0 mi
- Bloomfield "B": 3.1 mi
- Lamp & Light: 4.0 mi
- Cross: 7.3 mi
- Statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary: 7.3 mi
- The Virgin Mary: 8.8 mi
- Bentley Spring: 11.1 mi
- Brown Spring: 11.2 mi
- Tuurkava Paachihpi Spring: 23.4 mi
- Navajo Spring: 23.5 mi
- Soda Springs: 23.9 mi
- The Beach At Farmington Lake: 8.0 mi
- Dryfall: 15.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Salmon Ruins. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huerfano Mountain | SSE 152° | 2,268 m | 21.6 mi |
| Tank Mountain | NE 35° | 2,191 m | 20.3 mi |
| Huerfanito Peak | SE 130° | 2,180 m | 17.7 mi |
| Harris Mesa | ESE 118° | 2,165 m | 13.9 mi |
| Lone Tree Mountain | N 6° | 2,152 m | 19.2 mi |
| Harris Mesa Electronic Site | ESE 107° | 2,143 m | 14.2 mi |
| Mount Nebo | NNE 28° | 2,138 m | 20.7 mi |
| Hart Mountain | NE 45° | 2,115 m | 15.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 19:56 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:20 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 38 | 46 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 55 | 42 | 32 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bloomfield 3 SE, 5 mi away.
- dwarf milkweed5 obs
- New Mexico Whiptail4 obs
- Megetra vittata4 obs
- Whipple Cholla4 obs
- Plateau Striped Whiptail3 obs
- Torrey's Jointfir3 obs
- Eastern Collared Lizard2 obs
- Notch-leaf Scorpionweed2 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/125194947
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