La Bajada Historical Marker
La Bajada Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,885 m. Placer Mountain stands 2,700 m to the south, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Gold and Turquoise Historical Marker, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 3.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1885 m
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 3.3 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 8.2 mi off the Turquoise Trail, National
- 16.3 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Village Vista · 10 mi
- Gronquist Arroyo Overlook · 17 mi
- Cross of the Martyrs Hill · 17 mi
- Galisteo Basin Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gold and Turquoise Historical Marker: 0.0 mi
- South End of the Rockies Historical Marker: 0.0 mi
- La Bajada Historical Marker: 1.8 mi
- Picnic Tables: 5.1 mi
- Las Golondrinas: 5.1 mi
- Tsinat Mesa: 1.5 mi
- Las Tetillitas: 2.6 mi
- Tetilla Peak: 2.8 mi
- Cerro Seguro: 3.5 mi
- Cerro de la Cruz: 5.0 mi
- x: 4.8 mi
- Royal Road, el Camino real de Tierra Adentro: 4.9 mi
- Leonora Curtin Paloheimo: 5.1 mi
- Ann Wauben: 5.2 mi
- Official Scenic Historic Marker: 8.9 mi
- El Rancho de las Golondrinas: 5.0 mi
- El Rancho de los Golondrinas: 5.0 mi
- Santa Fe Reptile and Bug Museum: 9.9 mi
- Cerrillos Turquoise Mining Museum: 10.0 mi
- Madrid Museum (Old coal town): 11.6 mi
- Plaza Salazar: 5.0 mi
- Mountain Village: 5.0 mi
- The Downs: 7.1 mi
- Peña Geoglyph: 7.5 mi
- F-111 Fighter Jet: 7.5 mi
- Colonia Prisma Community Garden: 9.5 mi
- The Haozous Garden: 10.7 mi
- Biowall: 11.7 mi
- Railyard Community Garden: 15.9 mi
- Xeric Garden: 16.7 mi
- Cochiti Springs: 5.7 mi
- Yoh toh: 9.2 mi
- Ancho Spring: 14.3 mi
- Doe Springs: 14.9 mi
- Pajarito Springs: 16.3 mi
- Tetilla Peak Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
- Ampitheater Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- Ponderosa Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
- Litte Tesuque Picnic Ground: 22.9 mi
- New Mexico Land Conservancy: 11.4 mi
- Galisteo Basin Preserve: 16.6 mi
- Santa Fe Conservation Trust: 17.1 mi
- Eldorado's Community Preserve: 18.2 mi
- Bishop John Lamy Grant: 19.3 mi
- Bonanza City: 6.1 mi
- Waldo: 8.8 mi
- Buckman: 18.5 mi
- Hagan: 18.5 mi
- Devils Throne: 9.3 mi
- Garden of the Gods: 11.0 mi
- Water Canyon pour-off: 14.9 mi
- Bear Jump: 17.5 mi
- Lower Frijoles Falls: 13.7 mi
- Upper Frijoles Falls: 13.9 mi
- Hyde Park Falls: 23.7 mi
- La Bajada Rest Area: 3.8 mi
- Rendija Arch: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of La Bajada Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Placer Mountain | S 174° | 2,700 m | 16.2 mi |
| Bearhead Peak | NW 304° | 2,645 m | 19.1 mi |
| Picacho Peak | ENE 67° | 2,590 m | 19.2 mi |
| Saint Peter's Dome | NW 324° | 2,580 m | 16.2 mi |
| Rabbit Hill | NNW 327° | 2,527 m | 18.2 mi |
| Mesa del Rito | NNW 328° | 2,492 m | 19.1 mi |
| Boundary Peak | NNW 327° | 2,479 m | 16.1 mi |
| Moon Mountain | ENE 70° | 2,464 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:47 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:17 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 36 | 43 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 53 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa FE CO Muni AP, 7 mi away.
- Monarch20 obs
- Prickly Russian Thistle11 obs
- Santa Fe Milkvetch11 obs
- Loggerhead Shrike10 obs
- Horned Lark9 obs
- horsetail milkweed9 obs
- tree cholla9 obs
- broadleaf milkweed8 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/357611960
Day trips start here
- Madrid · 12 mi
- Bandelier National Monument · 16 mi
- Santa Fe · 17 mi
- Pojoaque · 24 mi
- Bernalillo · 27 mi
- Pecos · 29 mi
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