Mount Taylor Historical Marker
Mount Taylor Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 3,449 m. Mount Taylor stands 3,449 m to the northwest, less than a tenth of a mile off. Historic Route 66 passes 11 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3449 m
How to reach it
- 11.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 15.9 mi off the Trail of the Ancients - NM, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lava Caves (entry forbidden) · 29 mi
- lava caves (no entry) · 29 mi
- lava caves (no entry) · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Taylor: 0.0 mi
- Cerro Venada: 2.9 mi
- Microwave Ridge: 3.5 mi
- Cerro Pelon: 3.6 mi
- Cerro Osha: 4.6 mi
- Smokey Circle: 13.9 mi
- Truman Park: 14.0 mi
- Neighborhood Park: 14.2 mi
- Fire and Ice Park: 15.2 mi
- Mount Taylor Fields: 15.7 mi
- Cienega Spring (Mud Hole Spring): 1.5 mi
- Twin Spring: 1.9 mi
- Mirabel Spring: 2.0 mi
- Canovitas Spring: 2.2 mi
- Ojo Piedra Spring: 2.5 mi
- Frog Mesa: 15.6 mi
- Seama Mesa: 16.1 mi
- Rancho Perfecto Point: 18.8 mi
- Rincon del Oso: 18.8 mi
- Crow Point: 18.8 mi
- Cibola County History Museum: 15.1 mi
- Cibola County History Museum: 15.1 mi
- New Mexico Mining Museum: 15.1 mi
- Western New Mexico Aviation Heritage Museum: 17.1 mi
- Acoma Museum: 23.3 mi
- Grants Historic Marker: 14.4 mi
- Mount Taylor Historic Marker: 16.3 mi
- San Rafael Historical marker: 17.2 mi
- historic Garret Homestead: 23.4 mi
- Phillips 66 Gas Station: 12.6 mi
- Route 66 Drive-Thru Neon Sign: 15.2 mi
- El Malpais Visitor Center: 21.8 mi
- Marquez Wildlife Management Area: 17.4 mi
- Bluewater Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 24.7 mi
- Acomita Rest Area: 11.9 mi
- Jesus: 17.0 mi
- Anaconda, New Mexico: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Mount Taylor Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Taylor | NW 308° | 3,449 m | 0.0 mi |
| Cerro Pelon | NE 55° | 3,057 m | 3.6 mi |
| Cerro Osha | NE 46° | 2,947 m | 4.6 mi |
| Cerro Venada | N 2° | 2,824 m | 2.9 mi |
| Microwave Ridge | S 173° | 2,807 m | 3.5 mi |
| Cerro Redondo | NE 56° | 2,735 m | 8.3 mi |
| Cerros De Alejandro | NE 35° | 2,732 m | 15.0 mi |
| Cerro Chivato | ENE 59° | 2,716 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:49 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 19:51 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:23 | 17:03 |
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, 12 mi away.
- Greater Short-horned Lizard19 obs
- Scarlet Gilia19 obs
- western blue flag12 obs
- Hoary Comma10 obs
- common yarrow10 obs
- Alpine False Springparsley10 obs
- quaking aspen9 obs
- Fly Agaric8 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/357612601
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