Chicosa Lake State Park
Chicosa Lake State Park is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,780 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 1,957 m to the north-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is New Goodnight Trail Historical Marker, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. La Frontera del Llano Byway passes 3.8 miles off. 28 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1780 m
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the La Frontera del Llano Byway
- 64.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 18.5 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
28 named places within 25 miles
- Spear Hills: 6.9 mi
- Cerro de la Cruz: 13.0 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 13.5 mi
- Chateau Hill: 13.8 mi
- Circle S Mesa: 15.0 mi
- New Goodnight Trail Historical Marker: 0.0 mi
- Mills Canyon Historical Marker: 12.1 mi
- Canadian River Canyon Historical Marker: 15.4 mi
- Santa Fe Trail Historical Marker: 23.2 mi
- Red Rim: 18.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chicosa Lake State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | NNE 32° | 1,957 m | 13.5 mi |
| Cuernudo Hills | WSW 254° | 1,935 m | 19.8 mi |
| Chateau Hill | N 7° | 1,928 m | 13.8 mi |
| Sombrero Butte | N 4° | 1,911 m | 21.9 mi |
| Spear Hills | N 353° | 1,897 m | 6.9 mi |
| Cerro de la Cruz | NE 52° | 1,887 m | 13.0 mi |
| Deer Mountain | S 185° | 1,789 m | 19.1 mi |
| Apache Point | S 184° | 1,776 m | 16.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:39 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:07 | 16:47 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 50 | 61 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ROY, 7 mi away.
- Lark Bunting2 obs
- Black-tailed Prairie Dog2 obs
- Long-billed Curlew1 obs
- American Avocet1 obs
- Crows and Ravens1 obs
- Burrowing Owl1 obs
- Plains Hognose Snake1 obs
- Cassin's Sparrow1 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/357593256
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