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Baker Flat Picnic Area

Baker Flat Picnic Area from directly overhead

Baker Flat Picnic Area is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 2,326 m. West Truchas Peak stands 3,976 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Baker Flat, a picnic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 17 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2326 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.70726, -105.43946

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 36
Parks: 33
Historic sites: 16
Picnic sites: 9
  • Baker Flat: 0.0 mi
  • Oak Flats: 0.3 mi
  • Fishing Hole: 0.7 mi
  • Big Pine: 1.7 mi
  • Windy Bridge Picnic Ground: 14.0 mi
Artworks: 8
Springs: 4
  • Hermit's Spring: 2.8 mi
  • Wesner Spring/Mine: 8.3 mi
  • Alamosa Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Cienega Redonda Spring: 23.0 mi
Museums: 4
Waterfalls: 3
Hot springs: 1
  • Montezuma Hot Springs: 9.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • McAllister Lake Wildlife Management Area: 19.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Baker Flat Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West Truchas PeakNNW 327°3,976 m21.8 mi
Truchas PeakNNW 327°3,975 m21.1 mi
North Truchas PeakNNW 330°3,956 m21.7 mi
Chimayosos PeakNNW 333°3,914 m20.8 mi
Santa Fe BaldyWNW 296°3,847 m19.8 mi
TroubleNNW 346°3,847 m21.0 mi
Pecos BaldyNW 318°3,806 m18.9 mi
Lake PeakWNW 288°3,771 m19.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:4019:14
June solstice05:4719:4420:22
September equinox06:5018:2619:00
December solstice07:0916:1316:53

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313338435159626055473831
Precip in1.01.51.91.91.91.84.73.92.31.61.31.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gascon, 13 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Beardlip Penstemon10 obs
  • White River coraldrops10 obs
  • western blue flag9 obs
  • blue clematis8 obs
  • great mullein7 obs
  • bearberry6 obs
  • pygmy-flower rock-jasmine6 obs
  • golden corydalis6 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357591912

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