San Gabriel on the Camino Real Historical Marker
San Gabriel on the Camino Real Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,725 m. Chicoma Mountain stands 3,517 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Pueblo of San Juan Historical Marker, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. El Camino Real runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1725 m
How to reach it
- On the El Camino Real, National
- 7.8 mi off the Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway
- 8.5 mi off the High Road to Taos
- 29.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Overlooks nearby
- Vista Grande Overlook · 23 mi
- Vista Grande Overlook Observation Site · 24 mi
- Aspen Vista Picnic Site · 24 mi
- Ski Santa Fe Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chamita: 4.2 mi
- Cerrito de la Baca: 5.6 mi
- Cerrito de la Baca: 5.7 mi
- Black Mesa: 6.6 mi
- Vallito Peak: 7.5 mi
- Gear Up Graduation Mural: 3.6 mi
- Students Against Gun Violence Mural: 3.6 mi
- Noland: 3.7 mi
- Renezmae Oana Faith Calzada: 3.8 mi
- enezmae Calzada: 3.8 mi
- Pueblo of San Juan Historical Marker: 0.0 mi
- OO Health and Education Faciliy: 1.2 mi
- Valdez Park: 4.0 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park: 4.0 mi
- Joe Romero Park: 5.7 mi
- Espanola Valley Historic Marker: 2.8 mi
- Española Valley Historical Marker: 4.3 mi
- Veterens Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Ben Lujan Memorial Highway: 5.5 mi
- Yogi Bhajan Memorial Highway: 5.5 mi
- SJC: 3.4 mi
- Española: 4.2 mi
- Chimayo Trading Post Historic Site: 4.3 mi
- Bond House Historic Site: 4.4 mi
- Oratorio de San Buenaventura Historic Site: 8.5 mi
- Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Center: 4.2 mi
- Bond House Museum: 4.4 mi
- San Ildefonso Pueblo Museum: 11.4 mi
- Poeh Cultural Center: 12.2 mi
- Classical Gas Museum: 12.6 mi
- Pine Spring: 13.8 mi
- Soda Springs: 17.9 mi
- Pajarito Springs: 18.6 mi
- Cienega Redonda Spring: 19.7 mi
- Doe Springs: 21.1 mi
- Black Mesa: 7.8 mi
- Gates of Hell: 9.0 mi
- La Mesita: 12.2 mi
- La Cuchilla de la Monjonera: 13.6 mi
- Barrancos Blancos: 14.2 mi
- Northlake Picnic ground: 10.1 mi
- Camp May: 21.3 mi
- Ampitheater Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
- Ponderosa Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
- Rio en Medio Falls: 19.8 mi
- Upper Frijoles Falls: 22.6 mi
- Lower Frijoles Falls: 22.8 mi
- Quemado Falls: 23.8 mi
- White Rock Community Garden: 17.5 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 17.5 mi
- New Mexico Wildlife Center: 6.3 mi
- Buckman: 15.9 mi
- Rendija Arch: 17.7 mi
- Quartzite River Access: 21.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of San Gabriel on the Camino Real Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicoma Mountain | W 260° | 3,517 m | 17.8 mi |
| Polvadera Peak | W 272° | 3,419 m | 18.7 mi |
| Caballo Mountain | WSW 247° | 3,200 m | 17.9 mi |
| Cerro Pelon | WNW 285° | 2,856 m | 18.8 mi |
| El Lagunito Palo Quemador | W 280° | 2,727 m | 19.0 mi |
| La Sotella | WNW 282° | 2,647 m | 12.2 mi |
| Clara Peak | W 263° | 2,601 m | 9.6 mi |
| Los Cerros | W 260° | 2,572 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:43 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:47 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:29 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:15 | 16:54 |
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 | 30 | 35 | 42 | 50 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 62 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alcalde, 3 mi away.
- Viceroy4 obs
- Yellow Garden Spider4 obs
- Northern Yellow Warbler4 obs
- showy milkweed3 obs
- Woodhouse's Toad3 obs
- Variegated Meadowhawk3 obs
- Scarlet Beeblossom3 obs
- trans-Pecos morning-glory3 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/357612246
Day trips start here
- Española · 4 mi
- Chimayó · 9 mi
- Pojoaque · 11 mi
- Bandelier National Monument · 24 mi
- Santa Fe · 26 mi
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