Old Fort Wingate-Zuni Wagon Road Historic Site
Old Fort Wingate-Zuni Wagon Road Historic Site is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 2,322 m. Mount Sedgwick stands 2,819 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Bandera Crater, a cliff 2.3 miles away. Trail of the Ancients - NM passes 1.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2322 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Trail of the Ancients - NM, National
- 2.2 mi off the Chain of Craters Back Country Byway
- 13.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lava Caves (entry forbidden) · 5 mi
- lava caves (no entry) · 5 mi
- lava caves (no entry) · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cerro Bandera: 3.1 mi
- Cerro Candelaria: 3.3 mi
- Lava Crater: 3.3 mi
- Quartz Hill: 3.5 mi
- Twin Craters: 3.6 mi
- Bandera Crater: 2.3 mi
- Junction Cave (no entry): 5.4 mi
- Double Sinks: 5.5 mi
- Double Sinks: 5.5 mi
- Xenolith Cave: 5.8 mi
- Aragon Spring: 4.4 mi
- Mule Spring: 8.3 mi
- Ojo Bonito: 9.5 mi
- Little Trough Spring: 10.2 mi
- Alamosa Spring: 11.2 mi
- San Rafael Historical Marker: 11.7 mi
- McElroy Park: 13.6 mi
- Josephine Elkins Park: 14.4 mi
- Fire and Ice Park: 14.6 mi
- Neighborhood Park: 15.5 mi
- Route 66 Drive-Thru Neon Sign: 14.6 mi
- La Ventana Natural Arch: 14.7 mi
- El Malpais Visitor Center: 14.9 mi
- Narrows Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
- Lava Falls Area: 20.7 mi
- San Rafael Historical marker: 12.3 mi
- Mount Taylor Historic Marker: 13.5 mi
- historic Garret Homestead: 14.2 mi
- Grants Historic Marker: 15.1 mi
- Western New Mexico Aviation Heritage Museum: 13.3 mi
- New Mexico Mining Museum: 14.6 mi
- Cibola County History Museum: 14.6 mi
- Cibola County History Museum: 14.6 mi
- Lava Bridge: 6.1 mi
- La Ventana Arch: 14.8 mi
- Jesus: 13.7 mi
- Anaconda, New Mexico: 16.8 mi
- Bluewater Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 18.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Old Fort Wingate-Zuni Wagon Road Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sedgwick | N 350° | 2,819 m | 10.2 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | NW 317° | 2,777 m | 17.9 mi |
| Gallo Peak | E 93° | 2,642 m | 6.3 mi |
| Salitre Mesa | N 349° | 2,625 m | 13.6 mi |
| Pelon | SE 141° | 2,599 m | 20.0 mi |
| Cerro Alto | SW 218° | 2,593 m | 20.6 mi |
| North Pelon | SE 140° | 2,558 m | 18.7 mi |
| Cerro Bandera | SW 217° | 2,539 m | 3.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:51 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 19:53 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:37 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:26 | 17:05 |
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 | 31 | 35 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 30 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grants Milan Muni AP, 13 mi away.
- American Lady1 obs
- woodland pinedrops1 obs
- Scarlet Gilia1 obs
- western blue flag1 obs
- great mullein1 obs
- Antelopehorn Milkweed1 obs
- Southwestern Fence Lizard1 obs
- Fendler's ceanothus1 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/357613017
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