Santa Fe Trail Historical Marker
Santa Fe Trail Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,840 m. Laughlin Peak stands 2,682 m to the north-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Hill, a peak 8.5 miles away. Santa Fe Trail passes 2.0 miles off. 57 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1840 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
- 5.6 mi off the La Frontera del Llano Byway
- 75.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
57 named places within 25 miles
- Black Hill: 8.5 mi
- Sombrero Butte: 12.5 mi
- Point of Rocks: 12.8 mi
- Point of Rocks Mesa: 13.0 mi
- Hogback Butte: 13.0 mi
- Point of Rocks Historical Marker: 12.8 mi
- View of the Rocks Historical Marker: 12.8 mi
- Dorsey Mansion State Monument: 13.7 mi
- Willow Springs Historical Marker: 14.1 mi
- Colfax County Fairgrounds: 14.2 mi
- Santa Fe Trail Interpretive Center: 13.6 mi
- Russell’s Truck & Car Muzeum: 15.5 mi
- Old Colfax County Courhouse: 13.7 mi
- Grave: 16.6 mi
- Devils Point: 15.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Santa Fe Trail Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laughlin Peak | NNE 25° | 2,682 m | 22.1 mi |
| Pine Buttes | NNE 31° | 2,569 m | 20.0 mi |
| Palo Blanco Mountain | NE 41° | 2,542 m | 22.9 mi |
| Raspberry Mountain | NNE 25° | 2,462 m | 18.5 mi |
| The Crater | NNE 31° | 2,448 m | 18.8 mi |
| Trujillo Mesa | NE 35° | 2,435 m | 18.3 mi |
| Hogeye Mesa | NE 38° | 2,416 m | 18.7 mi |
| Turkey Mountain | NNE 17° | 2,401 m | 18.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:41 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:22 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:07 | 16:47 |
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 | 36 | 45 | 51 | 60 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 54 | 43 | 33 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Springer, 13 mi away.
- Greater Short-horned Lizard1 obs
- Plains Lubber Grasshopper1 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/357612526
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