Brazos Cliffs Historical Marker
Brazos Cliffs Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 2,991 m. Chama Peak stands 3,662 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Brazos Cliffs, a cliff less than a tenth of a mile away. 109 named places lie within 25 miles, 47 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2991 m
How to reach it
109 named places within 25 miles
- Peñasco Amarillo: 3.4 mi
- Brazos Peak: 4.1 mi
- Grouse Mesa: 5.7 mi
- Cerro Saragate: 7.7 mi
- Jawbone Mountain: 8.5 mi
- Moeller Spring: 9.9 mi
- Spring Number One: 9.9 mi
- El Camino Spring: 11.4 mi
- Warm Spring: 11.5 mi
- Fifteen Springs: 11.9 mi
- Poso Park: 8.9 mi
- Hopewell Lake Day Use Area: 9.3 mi
- Fort Lowell Historical Marker: 9.3 mi
- Tierra Amarilla Historical Marker: 9.3 mi
- Chama Historical Marker: 14.7 mi
- Brazos Cliffs: 0.0 mi
- Brazos Cliffs: 1.0 mi
- Brazos Cliffs: 1.7 mi
- Brazos Cliffs: 1.9 mi
- Brazos Cliffs: 2.0 mi
- Laguna del Campo Wildlife Management Area: 10.2 mi
- Heron Lake State Park: 17.4 mi
- Edward Sargent Wildlife Management Area: 18.4 mi
- Rio de los Pinos Wildlife Management Area: 20.7 mi
- El Vado Lake State Park: 21.1 mi
- Brazos Falls: 2.0 mi
- Brazos Falls: 2.2 mi
- TA Marker: 9.5 mi
- Bull: 13.9 mi
- Aldo Leopold House: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brazos Cliffs Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chama Peak | NNW 327° | 3,662 m | 23.9 mi |
| Jarosa Peak | N 351° | 3,587 m | 22.5 mi |
| Grouse Mesa | N 352° | 3,477 m | 5.7 mi |
| Brazos Peak | N 9° | 3,440 m | 4.1 mi |
| Pinorealosa Mountain | N 2° | 3,343 m | 21.5 mi |
| Canjilon Mountain | S 169° | 3,326 m | 12.7 mi |
| San Antonio Mountain | ENE 70° | 3,326 m | 22.1 mi |
| Neff Mountain | N 353° | 3,318 m | 19.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:50 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 28 | 35 | 42 | 51 | 61 | 66 | 64 | 57 | 46 | 35 | 26 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brazos Lodge, 3 mi away.
- northern spleenwort2 obs
- male fern2 obs
- Boreal Chorus Frog1 obs
- Western Terrestrial Garter Snake1 obs
- woodland pinedrops1 obs
- pearly everlasting1 obs
- field bindweed1 obs
- red osier dogwood1 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/357612047
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