Clayton Historical Marker
Clayton Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,541 m. Mount Clayton stands 2,016 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Herzstein Memorial Museum Historic Site, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Santa Fe Trail runs past it. 39 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1541 m
How to reach it
- On the Santa Fe Trail, National
- 88.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
39 named places within 25 miles
- Rabbit Ear Mountains Historical Marker: 6.5 mi
- Black Jack Ketchum Historical Marker: 6.5 mi
- Clayton Lake State Park and Dinosaur Trackways: 11.1 mi
- Rita Blanca Wildlife Management Area: 12.3 mi
- Rita Blanca Wildlife Management Area: 12.4 mi
- Rabbit Ear Mesa: 6.5 mi
- Rabbit Ear Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Bible Top Butte: 8.2 mi
- Sand Hill: 11.4 mi
- Lookout Hill: 14.9 mi
- Santa Fe Trail Cimarron Route: 21.1 mi
- Thompson Grove Picnic Ground: 21.2 mi
- Perico: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Clayton Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Clayton | WNW 284° | 2,016 m | 24.8 mi |
| Horseshoe Mountain | WNW 282° | 1,916 m | 24.3 mi |
| Mount Dora | WNW 293° | 1,912 m | 16.5 mi |
| Kilburn Hills | WNW 283° | 1,871 m | 22.1 mi |
| Rabbit Ear Mountain | NNW 329° | 1,844 m | 6.5 mi |
| Rabbit Ear Mesa | NNW 329° | 1,833 m | 6.5 mi |
| Cinder Mountain | W 279° | 1,779 m | 20.5 mi |
| Bible Top Butte | NW 307° | 1,723 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:36 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:02 | 16:02 | 16:42 |
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 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clayton 1 N, 1 mi away.
- Great-tailed Grackle9 obs
- Redstem Stork's-bill6 obs
- House Sparrow5 obs
- Long-eared Owl5 obs
- Pronghorn5 obs
- field bindweed5 obs
- Woodhouse's Toad5 obs
- White-winged Dove4 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/357612114
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