La Bajada Historical Marker
La Bajada Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,747 m. Cerro la Jara stands 2,711 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Gold and Turquoise Historical Marker, a park 1.8 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 2.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1747 m
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 2.1 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 9.8 mi off the Turquoise Trail, National
- 18.1 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Village Vista · 10 mi
- Gronquist Arroyo Overlook · 19 mi
- Cross of the Martyrs Hill · 19 mi
- Galisteo Basin Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gold and Turquoise Historical Marker: 1.8 mi
- La Bajada Historical Marker: 1.8 mi
- South End of the Rockies Historical Marker: 1.8 mi
- Picnic Tables: 6.8 mi
- Las Golondrinas: 6.8 mi
- Tsinat Mesa: 3.0 mi
- Tetilla Peak: 3.7 mi
- Las Tetillitas: 4.4 mi
- Cerro Seguro: 5.3 mi
- Peña Blanca: 5.4 mi
- x: 6.3 mi
- Royal Road, el Camino real de Tierra Adentro: 6.7 mi
- Leonora Curtin Paloheimo: 6.8 mi
- Ann Wauben: 6.9 mi
- Official Scenic Historic Marker: 7.2 mi
- Pen Zia: 9.1 mi
- Zia: 9.6 mi
- Kokopelli: 9.6 mi
- Horse: 10.8 mi
- Fan Pole: 11.3 mi
- El Rancho de las Golondrinas: 6.7 mi
- El Rancho de los Golondrinas: 6.7 mi
- Cerrillos Turquoise Mining Museum: 10.1 mi
- Madrid Museum (Old coal town): 11.4 mi
- Santa Fe Reptile and Bug Museum: 11.7 mi
- Peña Geoglyph: 6.0 mi
- Mountain Village: 6.7 mi
- Plaza Salazar: 6.7 mi
- abandoned mine marker: 8.6 mi
- The Downs: 8.9 mi
- Colonia Prisma Community Garden: 11.3 mi
- The Haozous Garden: 12.5 mi
- Biowall: 13.5 mi
- Railyard Community Garden: 17.7 mi
- Xeric Garden: 18.5 mi
- Cochiti Springs: 4.4 mi
- Yoh toh: 9.5 mi
- Ancho Spring: 15.0 mi
- Doe Springs: 15.5 mi
- Pajarito Springs: 17.1 mi
- Tetilla Peak Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 15.5 mi
- Ampitheater Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
- Ponderosa Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
- Jemez Canyon Dam Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
- New Mexico Land Conservancy: 13.2 mi
- Galisteo Basin Preserve: 17.8 mi
- Santa Fe Conservation Trust: 18.1 mi
- Eldorado's Community Preserve: 19.8 mi
- Bishop John Lamy Grant: 20.9 mi
- Bonanza City: 7.5 mi
- Waldo: 8.8 mi
- Hagan: 17.3 mi
- Buckman: 19.5 mi
- Devils Throne: 9.5 mi
- Garden of the Gods: 11.6 mi
- Water Canyon pour-off: 15.7 mi
- Bear Jump: 16.5 mi
- Lower Frijoles Falls: 14.1 mi
- Upper Frijoles Falls: 14.3 mi
- La Bajada Rest Area: 4.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of La Bajada Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerro la Jara | WNW 303° | 2,711 m | 19.4 mi |
| Placer Mountain | SSE 168° | 2,700 m | 15.7 mi |
| Bearhead Peak | NW 309° | 2,645 m | 18.3 mi |
| Saint Peter's Dome | NNW 330° | 2,580 m | 15.9 mi |
| Rabbit Hill | NNW 333° | 2,527 m | 18.0 mi |
| Cochiti Mesa | NW 321° | 2,500 m | 19.0 mi |
| Mesa del Rito | NNW 333° | 2,492 m | 19.0 mi |
| Boundary Peak | NNW 334° | 2,479 m | 16.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 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 | 35 | 40 | 47 | 54 | 64 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cochiti DAM, 8 mi away.
- Monarch6 obs
- Santa Fe Milkvetch6 obs
- Horned Lark5 obs
- broadleaf milkweed5 obs
- horsetail milkweed4 obs
- Gopher Snake3 obs
- Eastern Collared Lizard3 obs
- Western Earless Lizard3 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/357611901
Day trips start here
- Madrid · 11 mi
- Bandelier National Monument · 16 mi
- Santa Fe · 19 mi
- Bernalillo · 25 mi
- Pojoaque · 26 mi
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