Sierra Grande Historical Marker
Sierra Grande Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 2,655 m. Laughlin Peak stands 2,682 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Sierra Grande, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Santa Fe Trail passes 17 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2655 m
How to reach it
- 16.5 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
- 106.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Sierra Grande: 0.0 mi
- Dunchee Hill: 5.6 mi
- Little Grande: 6.4 mi
- Capulin Mountain: 7.3 mi
- Capulin Mountain: 7.4 mi
- Goodnight-Loving Trail Historical Marker: 6.9 mi
- Fisher Park: 14.1 mi
- Folsom Archaeological Site Historical Marker: 16.1 mi
- Folsom State Monument: 16.2 mi
- Willow Springs Historical Marker: 23.0 mi
- Prestons Point: 17.1 mi
- Black Bluff: 19.8 mi
- Devils Point: 22.3 mi
- Folsom Museum: 9.9 mi
- The Old Branson Jail: 21.4 mi
- Sierra Grande Rest Area: 5.2 mi
- Folsom Museum Historic Site: 9.9 mi
- Grave: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Sierra Grande Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laughlin Peak | WSW 252° | 2,682 m | 18.0 mi |
| Sierra Grande | ESE 123° | 2,655 m | 0.0 mi |
| Pine Buttes | WSW 243° | 2,569 m | 18.2 mi |
| Palo Blanco Mountain | SW 234° | 2,542 m | 14.1 mi |
| Capulin Mountain | NW 317° | 2,486 m | 7.4 mi |
| Capulin Mountain | NW 317° | 2,481 m | 7.3 mi |
| Jose Butte | NW 307° | 2,471 m | 12.0 mi |
| Robinson Peak | NW 318° | 2,452 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:40 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
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 | 33 | 41 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Capulin, 7 mi away.
- Prairie Violet5 obs
- Broadbeard Beardtongue2 obs
- Rough-lipped Darkling Beetle2 obs
- Coral-winged Grasshopper2 obs
- Vesper Sparrow1 obs
- Mule Deer1 obs
- woodland strawberry1 obs
- common yarrow1 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/357612578
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