Elizabethtown Historical Marker
Elizabethtown Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 2,585 m. Wheeler Peak stands 4,011 m to the west-southwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Scully Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2585 m
How to reach it
- On the Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway
- 19.2 mi off the Wild Rivers Back Country Scenic Byway
- 21.4 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
- 25.0 mi off the High Road to Taos
Overlooks nearby
- Base Camp View · 21 mi
- Base Camp View · 21 mi
- Chawalauna Overlook · 23 mi
- Sheep Crossing · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Scully Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Iron Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Baldy Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Taos Peak: 4.9 mi
- Touch-Me-Not Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Enchanted Eagle Park: 4.6 mi
- Hematite Park: 4.7 mi
- Foster Park: 5.3 mi
- Enchanted Forest: 6.9 mi
- Cimarron Canyon Wildlife Area: 7.6 mi
- Eagle Nest Marker: 4.6 mi
- French Henry Mill: 5.7 mi
- Wheeler Peak Historical Marker: 8.5 mi
- Palisades Sill: 9.3 mi
- Cimarron Canyon State Park: 9.8 mi
- T-Rex Track: 17.4 mi
- Shortcut: 18.5 mi
- Hlauuma (North House): 19.1 mi
- Hlaukwima (South House): 19.1 mi
- San Geronimo Chapel: 19.2 mi
- Eagle Nest Visitor Center & Gateway Museum: 4.7 mi
- Little Red School House: 8.7 mi
- Millicent Rogers Museum: 21.0 mi
- Taos Art Museum: 21.4 mi
- Old Aztec Mill Museum: 21.6 mi
- Eagle: 4.6 mi
- Questa Apple: 17.0 mi
- Native Art: 20.8 mi
- The Wonders of Discovery: 21.6 mi
- Tipi: 21.7 mi
- Eagle Nest Lake State Park: 6.8 mi
- Eagle Nest Wildlife Management Area: 7.0 mi
- Cimarron Canyon State Park: 8.6 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 20.6 mi
- Urraca Wildlife Management Area: 21.7 mi
- Palisades: 9.0 mi
- Betty's Bra: 19.0 mi
- Palisades Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
- La Vinateria: 21.9 mi
- Apache Spring: 10.9 mi
- Crooked Creek Spring: 15.5 mi
- La Belle: 10.0 mi
- Salto Del Agua Waterfall: 15.3 mi
- Black Rock Hot Spring: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Elizabethtown Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheeler Peak | WSW 240° | 4,011 m | 8.5 mi |
| Mount Walter | WSW 241° | 3,996 m | 8.3 mi |
| Old Mike Peak | SW 233° | 3,989 m | 8.5 mi |
| Simpson Peak | SW 236° | 3,953 m | 8.7 mi |
| Lake Fork Peak | WSW 242° | 3,929 m | 10.1 mi |
| Gold Hill | W 280° | 3,872 m | 9.6 mi |
| Red Dome | SW 230° | 3,868 m | 7.7 mi |
| Vallecito Mountain | WSW 239° | 3,848 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:45 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:26 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:09 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 26 | 34 | 40 | 49 | 57 | 62 | 60 | 54 | 43 | 32 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eagle Nest, 4 mi away.
- Wapiti4 obs
- Gunnison's Prairie Dog3 obs
- great mullein3 obs
- White Point-vetch3 obs
- Southwestern Ponderosa Pine3 obs
- American Black Bear2 obs
- Scarlet Gilia2 obs
- Hall's milkvetch2 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/357611975
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