Glorieta Pass Historical Marker
Glorieta Pass Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 2,304 m. Santa Fe Baldy stands 3,847 m to the north, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Glorieta Pass Battlefield, a historic site 1.5 miles away. Santa Fe Trail runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2304 m
How to reach it
- On the Santa Fe Trail, National
- On the Historic Route 66, National
- 10.1 mi off the Santa Fe National Forest Scenic Byway
- 11.2 mi off the El Camino Real, National
Overlooks nearby
- Galisteo Basin Overlook · 7 mi
- Gronquist Arroyo Overlook · 10 mi
- Cross of the Martyrs Hill · 11 mi
- Aspen Vista Picnic Site · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pulpit Point: 1.9 mi
- Shaggy Peak: 3.1 mi
- Glorieta Baldy: 4.4 mi
- Glorieta Mesa: 4.6 mi
- Cerro de Escobas: 5.3 mi
- Santa Fe Trail Historical Marker: 2.2 mi
- Pecos National Park: 5.6 mi
- Pecos National Historical Park: 5.7 mi
- Eldorado Community Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Pecos Historical Marker: 6.4 mi
- Big Cola Can: 4.6 mi
- Blue Wolf: 4.6 mi
- Ghost Bison: 7.4 mi
- Red Horse: 8.6 mi
- Rusty: 9.1 mi
- Glorieta Pass Battlefield: 1.5 mi
- Careflight 5 Memorial: 5.4 mi
- Pecos Pueblo North (ruin): 5.5 mi
- Pecos Pueblo South (ruin): 5.6 mi
- ruins of Spanish church at Pecos: 5.7 mi
- Pflueger: 9.6 mi
- Museum of Spanish Colonial Art: 9.8 mi
- Museum of Indian Arts and Culture: 9.8 mi
- Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian: 9.8 mi
- Museum of International Folk Art: 9.8 mi
- Seton Castle Historic Site: 8.7 mi
- Clark Exploration Place: 9.9 mi
- López Horno Plaza: 9.9 mi
- Nun's corner: 11.3 mi
- Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Depot Locomotive 5030: 11.3 mi
- Terrace Gardens: 9.2 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 9.2 mi
- Schepps' Garden: 9.2 mi
- Wildlife Garden: 9.3 mi
- Adam Gabriel Armijo Community Garden: 9.7 mi
- Dalton Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Rainy Day Picnic Ground: 6.8 mi
- Windy Bridge Picnic Ground: 8.8 mi
- Litte Tesuque Picnic Ground: 10.1 mi
- Aspen Vista Picnic ground: 13.0 mi
- Bishop John Lamy Grant: 6.4 mi
- Eldorado's Community Preserve: 6.7 mi
- New Mexico Land Conservancy: 12.9 mi
- Galisteo Basin Preserve: 13.0 mi
- Santa Fe Conservation Trust: 14.0 mi
- Alamosa Spring: 6.9 mi
- Wesner Spring/Mine: 17.9 mi
- Yoh toh: 21.7 mi
- Cienega Redonda Spring: 21.9 mi
- Hermit's Spring: 22.6 mi
- Las Ruedas: 9.7 mi
- Bonanza City: 18.3 mi
- Waldo: 23.2 mi
- Garden of the Gods: 19.8 mi
- White Bluffs: 20.7 mi
- Devils Throne: 22.4 mi
- Hyde Park Falls: 10.4 mi
- Rio en Medio Falls: 16.5 mi
- La Bajada Rest Area: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Glorieta Pass Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe Baldy | N 4° | 3,847 m | 16.7 mi |
| Lake Peak | N 1° | 3,771 m | 14.2 mi |
| Redondo Peak | N 5° | 3,766 m | 18.8 mi |
| Penitente Peak | N 3° | 3,720 m | 14.1 mi |
| Tesuque Peak | N 359° | 3,656 m | 13.4 mi |
| Elk Mountain | NE 46° | 3,550 m | 17.4 mi |
| Mount Barker | NE 44° | 3,490 m | 16.6 mi |
| Aspen Peak | N 353° | 3,384 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:42 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:45 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:28 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:15 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 36 | 41 | 48 | 56 | 66 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 51 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pecos NM, 6 mi away.
- Greater Short-horned Lizard8 obs
- Santa Fe phlox8 obs
- Spinystar7 obs
- pinewoods geranium7 obs
- Colorado Pinyon6 obs
- Southwestern Ponderosa Pine6 obs
- Mule Deer5 obs
- Abert's Squirrel5 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/357612571
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