Philmont Scout Ranch Historical Marker
Philmont Scout Ranch Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 2,494 m. Red Dome stands 3,868 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is 2563, a peak 1.4 miles away. Santa Fe Trail passes 8.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2494 m
How to reach it
- 8.0 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
- 12.1 mi off the Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Base Camp View · 9 mi
- Base Camp View · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 2563: 1.4 mi
- Stony Point: 4.2 mi
- Hart Peak: 4.4 mi
- Deer Lake Mesa: 4.5 mi
- Antelope Mesa: 5.2 mi
- Gravel Pit Lakes: 5.1 mi
- Cimarron Canyon State Park: 6.3 mi
- Cimarron Canyon Wildlife Area: 7.2 mi
- Blackjack's Hideout: 8.2 mi
- Cimarron Veterans Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Cimarron Canyon Historical Marker: 4.2 mi
- Cimarron Canyon: 4.3 mi
- Cimarron Canyon State Park: 4.7 mi
- Palisades Sill: 6.3 mi
- Stern Post Office (ruins): 6.4 mi
- T-Rex Track: 4.5 mi
- Cimarron Santa Fe National Historic Trail Interpretive Plaza: 8.1 mi
- Welcome Wagon: 9.2 mi
- Homebound Ampitheater: 9.2 mi
- Covered Wagon: 9.3 mi
- Old Aztec Mill Museum: 8.1 mi
- Villa Philmonte: 9.2 mi
- Eagle Nest Visitor Center & Gateway Museum: 11.8 mi
- Kit Carson Museum: 15.3 mi
- Little Red School House: 21.8 mi
- Cimarron Canyon State Park: 7.0 mi
- Eagle Nest Wildlife Management Area: 11.3 mi
- Eagle Nest Lake State Park: 11.9 mi
- Tipi: 8.2 mi
- The Wonders of Discovery: 9.3 mi
- Eagle: 12.2 mi
- Palisades: 6.5 mi
- Betty's Bra: 9.4 mi
- Crooked Creek Spring: 11.5 mi
- Apache Spring: 18.0 mi
- Palisades Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Philmont Scout Ranch Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Dome | W 266° | 3,868 m | 19.2 mi |
| Lew Wallace Peak | W 263° | 3,779 m | 19.6 mi |
| Baldy Mountain | WNW 295° | 3,765 m | 10.3 mi |
| Taos Cone | W 268° | 3,729 m | 18.3 mi |
| Touch-Me-Not Mountain | W 276° | 3,670 m | 8.6 mi |
| Mount Phillips | SW 225° | 3,553 m | 8.9 mi |
| Bunkhouse Bare Point | SW 224° | 3,550 m | 8.8 mi |
| Tolby Peak | SW 233° | 3,513 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:44 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:09 | 16:49 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 69 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 40 | 33 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cimarron 4 SW, 9 mi away.
- Southwestern Ponderosa Pine18 obs
- Mule Deer12 obs
- Fly Agaric10 obs
- Blue Fungus Beetle7 obs
- Prairie Lizard6 obs
- Common Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel4 obs
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird3 obs
- Canada Jay3 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/357612380
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