San Rafael Historical Marker
San Rafael Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,972 m. Mount Taylor stands 3,449 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is San Rafael Historical marker, a historic site 0.6 miles away. Trail of the Ancients - NM runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1972 m
How to reach it
- On the Trail of the Ancients - NM, National
- 3.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 13.8 mi off the Chain of Craters Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Lava Caves (entry forbidden) · 12 mi
- lava caves (no entry) · 12 mi
- lava caves (no entry) · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cerrito Colorado: 1.2 mi
- Loma Pelada: 2.8 mi
- Mesa Cortada: 3.9 mi
- Black Mesa: 4.7 mi
- Punta Mesa: 5.0 mi
- Aragon Spring: 15.6 mi
- Mirabel Spring: 16.0 mi
- Twin Spring: 16.5 mi
- Canovitas Spring: 17.0 mi
- Cienega Spring (Mud Hole Spring): 17.2 mi
- Fire and Ice Park: 3.2 mi
- Truman Park: 3.9 mi
- McElroy Park: 4.1 mi
- Neighborhood Park: 4.2 mi
- Smokey Circle: 4.3 mi
- Junction Cave (no entry): 12.0 mi
- Double Sinks: 12.2 mi
- Double Sinks: 12.2 mi
- Xenolith Cave: 12.6 mi
- Bandera Crater: 13.8 mi
- Route 66 Drive-Thru Neon Sign: 3.2 mi
- El Malpais Visitor Center: 10.6 mi
- La Ventana Natural Arch: 16.7 mi
- Narrows Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
- Phillips 66 Gas Station: 20.4 mi
- New Mexico Mining Museum: 3.3 mi
- Cibola County History Museum: 3.3 mi
- Cibola County History Museum: 3.3 mi
- Western New Mexico Aviation Heritage Museum: 3.9 mi
- Acoma Museum: 22.1 mi
- San Rafael Historical marker: 0.6 mi
- Mount Taylor Historic Marker: 2.6 mi
- Grants Historic Marker: 3.4 mi
- historic Garret Homestead: 11.4 mi
- Bluewater Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 15.5 mi
- Casamero Community ACEC: 23.7 mi
- La Ventana Arch: 16.8 mi
- Lava Bridge: 16.9 mi
- Jesus: 4.5 mi
- Anaconda, New Mexico: 10.3 mi
- Acomita Rest Area: 18.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of San Rafael Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Taylor | ENE 60° | 3,449 m | 17.8 mi |
| Cerro Pelon | ENE 60° | 3,057 m | 21.3 mi |
| Cerro Venada | NE 53° | 2,824 m | 19.4 mi |
| Mount Sedgwick | WNW 290° | 2,819 m | 12.8 mi |
| Microwave Ridge | ENE 72° | 2,807 m | 16.8 mi |
| Gallo Peak | SSW 213° | 2,642 m | 7.3 mi |
| Salitre Mesa | WNW 301° | 2,625 m | 14.9 mi |
| La Jara Mesa | NE 40° | 2,612 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 19:52 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:25 | 17:04 |
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, 4 mi away.
- Monarch4 obs
- Gopher Snake2 obs
- horsetail milkweed2 obs
- Scaled Quail1 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk1 obs
- Western Diamond-backed Rattlesnake1 obs
- Greater Short-horned Lizard1 obs
- Apache plume1 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/357612457
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