Alamito Picnic Area
Alamito Picnic Area is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,286 m. Lone Mesa stands 1,502 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Pacheco Bluff, a cliff 6.7 miles away. Mesalands Scenic Byway runs past it. 70 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1286 m
How to reach it
- On the Mesalands Scenic Byway
- 27.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
70 named places within 25 miles
- Cowboy and dog next to fence at Billy the Kid F.O.E.: 12.0 mi
- Cowgirl by fence at Billy the Kid F.O.E.: 12.0 mi
- Sadie's woman making tortilla mural: 12.2 mi
- Cattle trail wagon trail mural: 12.2 mi
- Mural of boy climbing fence: 12.2 mi
- Mesita del Anil: 12.9 mi
- Twin Mesa: 14.1 mi
- Candy Mesa: 16.8 mi
- Lone Mesa: 18.8 mi
- Taiban Peak: 23.7 mi
- Fort Sumner Historical Marker: 12.3 mi
- Fort Sumner State Monument Historical Marker: 12.3 mi
- Early Spanish Route Historical Marker: 12.3 mi
- Fort Sumner State Monument: 18.1 mi
- Pacheco Bluff: 6.7 mi
- Charlotte Point: 18.4 mi
- The Cap Rock: 22.2 mi
- Rodrick Drug Store Historic Site: 12.3 mi
- Guadalupe Courthouse Historic Site: 20.4 mi
- Grzelachowski House Historic Site: 20.5 mi
- Sunnyside Springs Historic Marker: 11.5 mi
- Vásquez De Coronado’s Route: 20.5 mi
- Billy The Kid Museum: 13.2 mi
- Fort Sumner Historic Site/Bosque Redondo Memorial: 17.8 mi
- Añal: 8.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Alamito Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Mesa | E 83° | 1,502 m | 18.8 mi |
| Mesita del Anil | NE 36° | 1,495 m | 12.9 mi |
| Twin Mesa | E 99° | 1,412 m | 14.1 mi |
| Candy Mesa | ESE 110° | 1,388 m | 16.8 mi |
| Taiban Peak | ESE 115° | 1,345 m | 23.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:37 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:23 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 16:13 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 44 | 51 | 58 | 68 | 78 | 80 | 79 | 71 | 60 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sumner Lake, under a mile away.
- Powdered Dancer29 obs
- American Rubyspot15 obs
- Christmas cholla13 obs
- Yellow-footed Gull10 obs
- Turkey Vulture10 obs
- tree cholla10 obs
- Common Side-blotched Lizard8 obs
- Common Checkered Whiptail8 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 node/357582315
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