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Continental Divide Historical Marker

Continental Divide Historical Marker from directly overhead

Continental Divide Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 2,217 m. Mount Sedgwick stands 2,819 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. Historic Route 66 runs past it. 107 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2217 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.42295, -108.31282
Around it

107 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 43
Springs: 35
  • Sixmile Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Red Willow Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Bear Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Shuster Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Carvco Spring: 11.6 mi
Parks: 12
Attractions: 6
  • Roy T. Herman's Garage: 5.2 mi
  • Pinedale Hoodoos: 12.7 mi
  • Pinedale Hoodoos: 13.1 mi
  • Pinedale Hoodoos: 14.2 mi
  • Hoodoos: 18.6 mi
Historic sites: 3
Cliffs: 3
Nature reserves: 3
Museums: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SedgwickSE 144°2,819 m21.1 mi
Lookout MountainS 172°2,777 m14.2 mi
Mount PowellNE 54°2,653 m5.1 mi
Hosta ButteNNE 31°2,628 m13.2 mi
Salitre MesaSE 140°2,625 m18.0 mi
Cerro ColoradoSE 143°2,528 m24.9 mi
Mesa de JaramilloENE 77°2,498 m24.2 mi
Big PointNE 55°2,495 m18.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5219:25
June solstice05:5919:5520:32
September equinox07:0218:3819:12
December solstice07:1916:2617:05

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283137435262676559483728
Precip in1.81.51.51.11.00.52.83.11.61.41.61.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mcgaffey 5 SE, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • 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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/2501022568

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