Continental Divide Historical Marker
Continental Divide Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 2,216 m. Mount Sedgwick stands 2,819 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. Historic Route 66 runs past it. 106 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2216 m
How to reach it
- On the Historic Route 66, National
- 5.1 mi off the Trail of the Ancients - NM, National
106 named places within 25 miles
- Castle Rock: 4.3 mi
- Mount Powell: 5.0 mi
- Pig Face Rock: 5.5 mi
- Barometer Mountain: 6.0 mi
- The Rincon: 9.8 mi
- Sixmile Spring: 10.0 mi
- Red Willow Spring: 10.0 mi
- Bear Spring: 11.3 mi
- Shuster Spring: 11.5 mi
- Carvco Spring: 11.6 mi
- Continental Divide Historical Marker: 0.2 mi
- Continental Divide Historical Marker: 4.6 mi
- Long Park: 11.5 mi
- McGaffey Camp and Picnic Grounds: 12.6 mi
- Chaco Cliffs Historical Marker: 13.4 mi
- Roy T. Herman's Garage: 5.0 mi
- Pinedale Hoodoos: 12.8 mi
- Pinedale Hoodoos: 13.2 mi
- Pinedale Hoodoos: 14.3 mi
- Hoodoos: 18.8 mi
- New Mexico State Historic Marker: 5.2 mi
- Fort Wingate Historical Marker: 13.4 mi
- Fort Wingate Army Depot: 16.9 mi
- Lookout Mountain Rim: 12.6 mi
- White Cliffs: 23.2 mi
- Los Gigantes: 23.7 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 13.2 mi
- Casamero Community ACEC: 14.3 mi
- Bluewater Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 17.5 mi
- Red Rock Musuem: 19.0 mi
- Anaconda, New Mexico: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Continental Divide Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sedgwick | SE 145° | 2,819 m | 21.0 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | S 173° | 2,777 m | 14.2 mi |
| Mount Powell | NE 53° | 2,653 m | 5.0 mi |
| Hosta Butte | NNE 30° | 2,628 m | 13.1 mi |
| Salitre Mesa | SE 141° | 2,625 m | 17.9 mi |
| Cerro Colorado | SE 143° | 2,528 m | 24.8 mi |
| Mesa de Jaramillo | ENE 77° | 2,498 m | 24.0 mi |
| Big Point | NE 55° | 2,495 m | 17.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:52 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 19:55 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:26 | 17:05 |
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 | 28 | 31 | 37 | 43 | 52 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mcgaffey 5 SE, 10 mi away.
- field bindweed3 obs
- horsetail milkweed3 obs
- Gopher Snake2 obs
- Pinyon Jay1 obs
- Green-tailed Towhee1 obs
- Western Black Widow1 obs
- Convergent Lady Beetle1 obs
- White-lined Sphinx1 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/357612821
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