Marquez Wildlife Area
Marquez Wildlife Area is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 2,534 m. Cerro Redondo stands 2,735 m to the southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Cerritos de la Jolla de Santa Rosa, a peak 1.0 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 25 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2534 m
How to reach it
- 25.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 28.1 mi off the Jemez Mountain Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Ojito Wilderness Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cerritos de la Jolla de Santa Rosa: 1.0 mi
- Cerro Colorado: 1.7 mi
- Cerrito Ojo Frio: 3.2 mi
- Cerro del Durazno: 3.9 mi
- B-52 Hill: 4.2 mi
- Natural Bridge: 10.7 mi
- Breaking Bad First Cook Site: 23.3 mi
- Hoodoos: 23.7 mi
- Hoodoos: 23.8 mi
- The Wall: 24.2 mi
- Los Indios Spring: 9.2 mi
- Corner Spring: 14.3 mi
- Ojo Frio: 14.4 mi
- Lower American Canyon Spring: 15.1 mi
- Upper American Canyon Spring: 15.5 mi
- Rincon del Oso: 6.6 mi
- Puerto Grande: 9.2 mi
- Standing Rock: 18.8 mi
- Rancho Perfecto Point: 22.3 mi
- Frog Mesa: 23.2 mi
- L Bar Ranch: 3.6 mi
- Mount Taylor Historical Marker: 19.3 mi
- Ojito Wilderness Study Area: 24.6 mi
- Mount Taylor Fields: 24.7 mi
- Tower Ruins: 11.1 mi
- Tower Ruins: 11.2 mi
- Marquez Wildlife Management Area: 4.9 mi
- Cabezon: 20.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Marquez Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerro Redondo | SW 234° | 2,735 m | 11.0 mi |
| Cerros De Alejandro | W 278° | 2,732 m | 7.1 mi |
| Cerro Chivato | SW 226° | 2,716 m | 6.9 mi |
| Cerro Aguila | SW 235° | 2,691 m | 8.9 mi |
| Cerro Ortiz | SW 219° | 2,674 m | 13.1 mi |
| Cerro Pino | SW 236° | 2,670 m | 6.7 mi |
| Cerro Cuate | WSW 245° | 2,654 m | 8.7 mi |
| Cerro Colorado | SW 230° | 2,624 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 19:51 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:22 | 17:01 |
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 | 34 | 38 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 71 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cubero, 24 mi away.
- Clark's Nutcracker1 obs
- Gunnison's Prairie Dog1 obs
- Rock Squirrel1 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/357621648
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