Heron Lake State Park
Heron Lake State Park is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 2,197 m. Chama Peak stands 3,662 m to the north, 25 miles off. Narrow-Gauge Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off. 99 named places lie within 25 miles, 47 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2197 m
How to reach it
- 25.3 mi off the Narrow-Gauge Scenic Byway
99 named places within 25 miles
- Sawmill Mesa: 5.4 mi
- Tecolote Mesa: 8.0 mi
- Apache Mesa: 9.6 mi
- Loma Prado: 10.2 mi
- El Cerro: 10.4 mi
- Turkey Spring: 16.0 mi
- Dulce Spring: 16.7 mi
- Amador Spring: 18.5 mi
- Canovas Spring: 20.7 mi
- Alkali Spring: 21.2 mi
- Tierra Amarilla Historical Marker: 6.6 mi
- Fort Lowell Historical Marker: 6.7 mi
- El Vado Lake State Park: 6.9 mi
- Brazos Cliffs Historical Marker: 15.9 mi
- Chama Historical Marker: 16.1 mi
- Tecolote Rim: 11.6 mi
- Brazos Cliffs: 14.1 mi
- Brazos Cliffs: 14.2 mi
- Brazos Cliffs: 14.3 mi
- Brazos Cliffs: 14.9 mi
- Heron Lake State Park: 1.5 mi
- El Vado Lake State Park: 5.7 mi
- Laguna del Campo Wildlife Management Area: 5.8 mi
- W.A. Humphries Wildlife Management Area: 14.6 mi
- Edward Sargent Wildlife Management Area: 18.8 mi
- Brazos Falls: 13.8 mi
- Brazos Falls: 14.0 mi
- TA Marker: 6.3 mi
- Bull: 14.5 mi
- Hopewell: 23.3 mi
- Echo Amphitheater Picnic Site: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Heron Lake State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chama Peak | N 5° | 3,662 m | 24.9 mi |
| Grouse Mesa | NE 54° | 3,477 m | 17.8 mi |
| Brazos Peak | ENE 61° | 3,440 m | 18.1 mi |
| Canjilon Mountain | ESE 114° | 3,326 m | 19.1 mi |
| Peñasco Amarillo | E 83° | 3,233 m | 14.0 mi |
| Jawbone Mountain | E 80° | 3,232 m | 24.1 mi |
| Cerro Saragate | E 99° | 3,230 m | 17.5 mi |
| Sugar Loaf Mountain | NE 38° | 3,204 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:51 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:15 | 16:55 |
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 | 24 | 29 | 36 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 67 | 65 | 57 | 46 | 34 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — EL Vado DAM, 7 mi away.
- Plateau Fence Lizard10 obs
- Mule Deer8 obs
- Osprey7 obs
- fragrant evening primrose5 obs
- Yellow Sweetclover4 obs
- Colorado Pinyon4 obs
- great mullein4 obs
- Wholeleaf Paintbrush4 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/357611250
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