Taos Plaza
Taos Plaza is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 2,124 m. Wheeler Peak stands 4,011 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Padre Antonio Jose Martinez, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2124 m
How to reach it
- On the Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway
- 3.5 mi off the High Road to Taos
- 18.3 mi off the Wild Rivers Back Country Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- U S Hill · 14 mi
- Chawalauna Overlook · 20 mi
- Sheep Crossing · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Devisadero Peak: 2.6 mi
- View Point: 4.9 mi
- Ranchos Peak: 5.4 mi
- Cuchilla Del Ojo: 6.1 mi
- Tombe: 6.2 mi
- Red Willow Park: 0.2 mi
- Kit Carson Memorial State Park: 0.4 mi
- Taos County Rodeo Grounds: 1.6 mi
- Filemon Sanchez Fairground Park: 1.7 mi
- Taos Eco Park: 1.8 mi
- Taos County Courthouse Historic Site: 0.0 mi
- Shortcut: 0.1 mi
- Governor Bent House Historic Site: 0.1 mi
- Kit Carson House Historic Site: 0.1 mi
- Ernest L Blumenschein House Historic Site: 0.1 mi
- Veteran's Memorial 1985: 0.0 mi
- Taos Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Kit Carson Cemetary: 0.3 mi
- Shortcut: 0.7 mi
- Taos Pueblo: 2.6 mi
- Bent House Museum: 0.1 mi
- Kit Carson Historic Museum: 0.1 mi
- Harwood Museum of Art: 0.2 mi
- Taos Art Museum: 0.4 mi
- Hacienda de los Martinez Museum: 1.9 mi
- Padre Antonio Jose Martinez: 0.0 mi
- Red Horse: 0.7 mi
- Native Art: 1.5 mi
- Eagle: 20.0 mi
- Questa Apple: 20.9 mi
- Ponce de Leon Hot Springs: 6.0 mi
- Rio Grande Spring: 10.6 mi
- Manby Hot Springs: 10.9 mi
- Apache Spring: 13.4 mi
- Apache Springs: 13.8 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 19.6 mi
- Eagle Nest Lake State Park: 19.6 mi
- Eagle Nest Wildlife Management Area: 20.1 mi
- Tres Piedras Wildlife Management Area: 22.5 mi
- Cimarron Canyon State Park: 24.4 mi
- Comanche Rim: 19.2 mi
- Barrancos Blancos: 23.0 mi
- Palisades: 24.9 mi
- Gorge Overlook Rest Stop: 10.2 mi
- Quartzite River Access: 15.7 mi
- La Vinateria: 2.8 mi
- Salto Del Agua Waterfall: 8.9 mi
- Black Rock Hot Spring: 11.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Taos Plaza. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheeler Peak | NE 40° | 4,011 m | 13.6 mi |
| Mount Walter | NE 40° | 3,996 m | 13.9 mi |
| Old Mike Peak | NE 44° | 3,989 m | 13.4 mi |
| Simpson Peak | NE 42° | 3,953 m | 13.2 mi |
| Lake Fork Peak | NE 36° | 3,929 m | 12.2 mi |
| Gold Hill | NNE 22° | 3,872 m | 17.6 mi |
| Red Dome | NE 46° | 3,868 m | 14.1 mi |
| Vallecito Mountain | NE 35° | 3,848 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:46 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:27 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:11 | 16:51 |
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 | 27 | 33 | 40 | 47 | 55 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Taos, 1 mi away.
- Black-billed Magpie70 obs
- Gunnison's Prairie Dog66 obs
- White-lined Sphinx38 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird32 obs
- showy milkweed30 obs
- Russian olive27 obs
- American Robin25 obs
- field bindweed25 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 way/298331054
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