Cannon Air Force Base Recreation Area
Cannon Air Force Base Recreation Area is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,283 m. Mesa Huerfana stands 1,990 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Conchas Lake State Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Mesalands Scenic Byway passes 0.8 miles off. 37 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1283 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Mesalands Scenic Byway
- 21.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
37 named places within 25 miles
- Aguilar Mesa: 7.5 mi
- La Cinta Mesa: 8.3 mi
- Minese Mesa: 8.5 mi
- Chical Mesa: 9.9 mi
- Mesa Rica: 10.2 mi
- Conchas Lake State Park: 0.8 mi
- Trementina: 19.3 mi
- ☉☉: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cannon Air Force Base Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesa Huerfana | WNW 288° | 1,990 m | 23.4 mi |
| Cerro de Corazon | WNW 284° | 1,883 m | 21.0 mi |
| Los Cerritos | NW 316° | 1,724 m | 20.4 mi |
| Mesa Pino | WSW 248° | 1,692 m | 22.6 mi |
| Cerro del Miguel Antonio | NNW 332° | 1,670 m | 24.0 mi |
| Mesa Rica | S 187° | 1,648 m | 10.2 mi |
| Huerfano Mesa | NNE 23° | 1,633 m | 19.0 mi |
| Cuervo Hill | SW 224° | 1,628 m | 24.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:38 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:09 | 16:49 |
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 | 39 | 43 | 51 | 58 | 68 | 78 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 60 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Conchas DAM, 2 mi away.
- Mississippi Kite11 obs
- Mule Deer11 obs
- blackfoot daisy8 obs
- Cut-leaf Ironplant6 obs
- Two-leaved Senna5 obs
- Eastern Bluebird4 obs
- Russian olive4 obs
- feather dalea4 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/357571513
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