Hogback Historical Marker
Hogback Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,841 m. Moncisco Mesa stands 2,006 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Wheeler (River Tract), a nature reserve 6.8 miles away. Trail of the Ancients - NM passes 6.7 miles off. 138 named places lie within 25 miles, 35 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1841 m
How to reach it
- 6.7 mi off the Trail of the Ancients - NM, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lehmer Lookout · 19 mi
138 named places within 25 miles
- Nizhoni Park: 11.9 mi
- Shiprock Historical Marker: 16.0 mi
- Vista De La Plata Park: 16.2 mi
- Westland Park: 17.5 mi
- City of Farmington Model Airpark: 18.3 mi
- Wheeler (River Tract): 6.8 mi
- Bradshaw (River Tracts): 7.8 mi
- Schneider (River Tracts): 7.9 mi
- Jewett Valley (River Tracts): 8.8 mi
- Subdivision (River Tract): 15.8 mi
- Wheeler: 7.4 mi
- Barber Peak: 9.2 mi
- Table Mesa: 10.2 mi
- Cactus Peak: 11.0 mi
- Flare Hill: 12.4 mi
- Stinking Springs: 9.4 mi
- Sunshine Spring: 16.6 mi
- Bentley Spring: 18.1 mi
- Navajo Spring: 18.4 mi
- Tuurkava Paachihpi Spring: 18.6 mi
- Museum Of Navajo Art & Culture: 19.7 mi
- E3 Children's Museum & Science Center: 19.9 mi
- Bolack Museum of Fish and Wildlife: 22.0 mi
- Farmington Museum: 22.3 mi
- Bolack Electromechanical Museum: 22.4 mi
- Cathedral Cliff: 9.2 mi
- Shannon Bluff: 21.3 mi
- Morningstar Bluff: 22.0 mi
- Chimney Rock: 22.1 mi
- KC: 12.3 mi
- Energy Dance: 22.6 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 21.3 mi
- All Veterans Memorial Plaza: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hogback Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moncisco Mesa | SE 125° | 2,006 m | 20.7 mi |
| Mitten Rock | W 263° | 1,998 m | 22.1 mi |
| Bennett Peak | SSW 209° | 1,931 m | 21.7 mi |
| Thieving Rock | N 5° | 1,917 m | 21.9 mi |
| Pinon Mesa | NE 49° | 1,874 m | 18.7 mi |
| Ford Butte | SSW 206° | 1,864 m | 20.4 mi |
| Rock Mesa | SW 225° | 1,855 m | 22.2 mi |
| Popping Rock | N 359° | 1,835 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 19:58 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:22 | 17:03 |
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 | 30 | 35 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 73 | 65 | 52 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fruitland, 13 mi away.
- Mesa Verde Fishhook Cactus3 obs
- San Juan Gilia2 obs
- Ferruginous Hawk1 obs
- Bald Eagle1 obs
- Horned Lark1 obs
- Song Sparrow1 obs
- American Beaver1 obs
- small-flowered androstephium1 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/357612468
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