Strike Valley Historical Marker
Strike Valley Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 2,223 m. Truchas Peak stands 3,975 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Oak Flats, a picnic site 3.0 miles away. Santa Fe Trail passes 8.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2223 m
How to reach it
- 8.3 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
- 14.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 24.1 mi off the Santa Fe National Forest Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Ski Santa Fe Overlook · 24 mi
- Aspen Vista Picnic Site · 25 mi
- Vista Grande Overlook Observation Site · 25 mi
- Vista Grande Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hermit Peak: 3.7 mi
- Johnson Mesa: 4.5 mi
- El Cielo Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Bear Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Cerro de la Cruz: 8.4 mi
- Montezuma Hotel Complex Historic Site: 6.4 mi
- Bean-Newlee House Historic Site: 11.4 mi
- ATSF 1129: 11.4 mi
- Donnelly Library Historic Site: 11.5 mi
- Eugenio Gatignole House Historic Site: 11.7 mi
- Baker Flat Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
- Hermits Peak Historical Marker: 3.7 mi
- Fishing Hole Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
- Camp Maximiliano Luna Historical Marker: 8.9 mi
- King Stadium: 9.1 mi
- Montezuma Castle: 6.4 mi
- HERMIT'S PEAK HISTORIC MARKER: 8.5 mi
- STRIKE VALLEYS HISTORIC MARKER: 11.6 mi
- Emiteria "Matie" Martinez Robinson Viles Historic Marker: 11.6 mi
- The Historic Serf Theatre Hall: 11.7 mi
- Oak Flats: 3.0 mi
- Baker Flat: 3.3 mi
- Fishing Hole: 3.9 mi
- Big Pine: 4.9 mi
- Windy Bridge Picnic Ground: 17.1 mi
- Dwan Light Sanctuary: 6.3 mi
- UWC: 6.4 mi
- Storrie Zia: 8.9 mi
- Red Dawn: 11.8 mi
- Welcome: 12.4 mi
- Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Memorial and City Museum: 11.7 mi
- City of Las Vegas Museum: 11.7 mi
- Rough Riders Museum: 11.7 mi
- Cleveland Roller Mill Museum: 20.0 mi
- Hermit's Spring: 4.0 mi
- Wesner Spring/Mine: 11.4 mi
- Alamosa Spring: 16.8 mi
- Pecos Falls: 19.3 mi
- Quemado Falls: 24.9 mi
- Montezuma Hot Springs: 6.3 mi
- McAllister Lake Wildlife Management Area: 16.6 mi
- Las Ruedas: 20.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Strike Valley Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Truchas Peak | NW 321° | 3,975 m | 23.5 mi |
| Chimayosos Peak | NNW 327° | 3,914 m | 23.1 mi |
| Trouble | NNW 339° | 3,847 m | 22.6 mi |
| Santa Fe Baldy | WNW 294° | 3,847 m | 23.0 mi |
| Pecos Baldy | NW 313° | 3,806 m | 21.6 mi |
| Lake Peak | WNW 288° | 3,771 m | 22.8 mi |
| Redondo Peak | WNW 299° | 3,766 m | 23.3 mi |
| Little Jicarita Peak | NNW 334° | 3,757 m | 23.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:44 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:26 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 16:13 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 34 | 40 | 48 | 55 | 65 | 68 | 67 | 60 | 49 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LAS Vegas Wwtp, 13 mi away.
- Mule Deer4 obs
- alpine cancer-root4 obs
- Santa Fe phlox4 obs
- chicory3 obs
- Mourning Cloak3 obs
- showy milkweed3 obs
- giant-trumpets3 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk2 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/357612390
Day trips start here
- Pecos · 18 mi
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