Rio Grande Rift Historical Marker
Rio Grande Rift Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,770 m. Cerro Negro stands 2,190 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is San Jose de Laguna Mission Historical Marker, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1770 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 27.7 mi off the Trail of the Ancients - NM, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Two Feathers Hill: 0.3 mi
- The Indian Peaks: 0.5 mi
- Bang-Bang Hill: 0.7 mi
- Middle Hill: 0.8 mi
- Flint Peak: 1.5 mi
- Canovitas Spring: 17.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 18.0 mi
- Upper American Canyon Spring: 19.5 mi
- Lower American Canyon Spring: 20.2 mi
- Mirabel Spring: 20.2 mi
- Frog Mesa: 3.3 mi
- Seama Mesa: 6.8 mi
- Sharp Point: 6.9 mi
- Crow Point: 14.9 mi
- Standing Rock: 16.1 mi
- San Jose de Laguna Mission Historical Marker: 0.0 mi
- Pueblo of Laguna Historical Marker: 0.0 mi
- Mount Taylor Fields: 3.8 mi
- Cebolleta Historical Marker: 14.9 mi
- Pueblo of Acoma Historical Marker: 14.9 mi
- Phillips 66 Gas Station: 8.4 mi
- Breaking Bad First Cook Site: 14.6 mi
- El Malpais Visitor Center: 24.7 mi
- Rio Puerco Bridge: 24.9 mi
- Pronoun Cave Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 19.9 mi
- Marquez Wildlife Management Area: 20.6 mi
- Acomita Rest Area: 10.0 mi
- Acoma Museum: 14.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Rio Grande Rift Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerro Negro | N 11° | 2,190 m | 11.7 mi |
| Wheat Mountain | NNW 336° | 2,174 m | 5.2 mi |
| Mesa del Lobo | NNE 23° | 2,163 m | 13.2 mi |
| Petoch Butte | SSW 210° | 2,102 m | 13.0 mi |
| Picacho Peak | NW 312° | 2,088 m | 8.7 mi |
| La Mesa | N 355° | 2,088 m | 11.2 mi |
| South Butte | SSW 208° | 2,070 m | 7.1 mi |
| Flower Mountain | WNW 282° | 2,069 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 19:50 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:23 | 17:02 |
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, 8 mi away.
- House Sparrow1 obs
- silverleaf nightshade1 obs
- Bigbract Verbena1 obs
- tree cholla1 obs
- Club-cholla1 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/357612498
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