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Dominguez-Velez de Escalente Trail Historical Marker

Dominguez-Velez de Escalente Trail Historical Marker from directly overhead

Dominguez-Velez de Escalente Trail Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,849 m. Turkey Ridge stands 3,558 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Spanish Trail Historical Marker, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1849 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.20717, -106.31875

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Artworks: 41
  • Pink Flamingo: 0.2 mi
  • Mars Polar Lander: 12.0 mi
  • Rudolfo Anaya Mural: 19.7 mi
  • Michael Jordan: 19.7 mi
  • No limits mural: 20.0 mi
Historic sites: 22
Parks: 17
Springs: 14
  • Ojitos de los Gatos: 9.9 mi
  • Rock Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Elk Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Rancherilla Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Harris Bear Spring: 15.4 mi
Attractions: 11
Museums: 9
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Rendija Arch: 20.4 mi
Gardens: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • New Mexico Wildlife Center: 23.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Dominguez-Velez de Escalente Trail Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Turkey RidgeSSW 206°3,558 m16.8 mi
Chicoma MountainSSW 195°3,517 m14.3 mi
Polvadera PeakSSW 205°3,419 m11.3 mi
Cerro ToledoSSW 204°3,323 m16.2 mi
Cerro de la GaritaSW 219°3,225 m18.6 mi
Caballo MountainS 188°3,200 m17.7 mi
Cerro del GrantSW 224°3,174 m17.9 mi
Cerro RubioSSW 194°3,169 m18.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4319:17
June solstice05:4919:4820:27
September equinox06:5418:3019:04
December solstice07:1316:1516:55

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303442495869737164524131
Precip in0.40.30.60.80.80.61.61.71.20.90.50.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Abiquiu DAM, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • tree cholla17 obs
  • Spiny Lizards12 obs
  • Plateau Striped Whiptail7 obs
  • American Bumble Bee6 obs
  • Alfalfa6 obs
  • Say's Phoebe5 obs
  • Gopher Snake5 obs
  • White-lined Sphinx5 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/357612754

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