Rio Grande Gorge Historical Marker
Rio Grande Gorge Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,950 m. Wheeler Peak stands 4,011 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, a attraction 0.3 miles away. Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway passes 4.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1950 m
How to reach it
- 4.6 mi off the Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway
- 10.4 mi off the High Road to Taos
- 12.7 mi off the Wild Rivers Back Country Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Chawalauna Overlook · 14 mi
- Sheep Crossing · 19 mi
- U S Hill · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cerro de los Taoses: 5.1 mi
- Tres Orejas: 6.1 mi
- Cerro Negro: 7.9 mi
- Cerrito Dormilon: 8.6 mi
- Cerrito Colorado: 10.8 mi
- Rio Grande Rift Historical Marker: 5.3 mi
- Taos Eco Park: 9.6 mi
- Taos County Rodeo Grounds: 9.8 mi
- Taos Plaza: 9.8 mi
- Filemon Sanchez Fairground Park: 9.8 mi
- Rio Grande Gorge Bridge: 0.3 mi
- Rio Grande Gorge Bridge: 0.3 mi
- Dawn Treader Stargate Earthship: 2.6 mi
- Earthship Community: 3.3 mi
- John Dunn Bridge and Day Use Area: 4.2 mi
- Rio Grande Gorge State Park: 0.4 mi
- Shortcut: 9.7 mi
- Taos Plaza: 9.8 mi
- Veteran's Memorial 1985: 9.8 mi
- Kit Carson Cemetary: 10.0 mi
- Millicent Rogers Museum: 7.8 mi
- Hacienda de los Martinez Museum: 8.5 mi
- Harwood Museum of Art: 9.7 mi
- Bent House Museum: 9.8 mi
- Kit Carson Historic Museum: 9.9 mi
- Native Art: 9.1 mi
- Padre Antonio Jose Martinez: 9.8 mi
- Red Horse: 10.0 mi
- Questa Apple: 18.4 mi
- Embudo Valley Ceramic Mural: 21.2 mi
- Manby Hot Springs: 2.2 mi
- Rio Grande Spring: 9.9 mi
- Ponce de Leon Hot Springs: 12.5 mi
- Apache Springs: 20.4 mi
- Apache Spring: 21.2 mi
- Comanche Rim: 10.8 mi
- Barrancos Blancos: 20.8 mi
- La Mesita: 22.7 mi
- Gorge Overlook Rest Stop: 0.5 mi
- Quartzite River Access: 15.0 mi
- Tres Piedras Wildlife Management Area: 12.8 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 15.1 mi
- Black Rock Hot Spring: 3.9 mi
- Salto Del Agua Waterfall: 11.3 mi
- La Vinateria: 12.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Rio Grande Gorge Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheeler Peak | ENE 72° | 4,011 m | 18.2 mi |
| Mount Walter | ENE 71° | 3,996 m | 18.4 mi |
| Old Mike Peak | ENE 75° | 3,989 m | 18.5 mi |
| Simpson Peak | ENE 74° | 3,953 m | 18.2 mi |
| Lake Fork Peak | ENE 72° | 3,929 m | 16.5 mi |
| Gold Hill | NE 53° | 3,872 m | 19.0 mi |
| Red Dome | ENE 75° | 3,868 m | 19.4 mi |
| Vallecito Mountain | ENE 75° | 3,848 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:47 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:12 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 33 | 40 | 47 | 55 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Taos, 10 mi away.
- Eastern Collared Lizard61 obs
- Greater Short-horned Lizard59 obs
- Plateau Striped Whiptail53 obs
- Big Sagebrush45 obs
- Plains Pricklypear44 obs
- Winterfat42 obs
- Plateau Fence Lizard37 obs
- Apache plume28 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/357612489
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