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Valle Grande Historical Marker

Valle Grande Historical Marker from directly overhead

Valle Grande Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 2,469 m. Turkey Ridge stands 3,558 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is La Cueva Picnic Ground, a picnic site 0.6 miles away. Jemez Mountain Trail runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2469 m
Getting there

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Coordinates35.86336, -106.62615

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites: 25
Artworks: 21
  • Golondrina: 17.9 mi
  • Corky: 18.1 mi
  • Multiverse 2020: 18.1 mi
  • Nexus: 18.1 mi
  • Touch the Sky: 18.1 mi
Springs: 20
  • McCauley Warm Spring: 2.8 mi
  • Electric Spring: 3.1 mi
  • Lemonade Spring: 3.1 mi
  • Laxitive Spring: 3.1 mi
  • Sulphur Springs: 3.1 mi
Parks: 20
Attractions: 15
Picnic sites: 12
  • La Cueva Picnic Ground: 0.6 mi
  • Dark Canyon Picnic Ground: 0.7 mi
  • Rincon Picnic Ground: 1.7 mi
  • Battleship Rock Picnic Ground: 2.6 mi
  • Group Area (by reservation only): 3.3 mi
Cliffs: 7
Waterfalls: 3
  • Jemez Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Upper Frijoles Falls: 21.7 mi
  • Lower Frijoles Falls: 21.8 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Hot springs: 2
  • Spence Hot Spring: 1.0 mi
  • San Antonio Hot Spring: 5.4 mi
Museums: 2
Gardens: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Rendija Arch: 16.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Valle Grande Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Turkey RidgeNE 49°3,558 m13.1 mi
Redondo PeakE 81°3,434 m3.7 mi
South MountainESE 109°3,265 m5.6 mi
Cerro de la GaritaNNE 30°3,225 m10.8 mi
Pajarito MountainE 82°3,176 m12.7 mi
Cerro del GrantNNE 24°3,174 m11.8 mi
Cerro RubioENE 66°3,169 m13.8 mi
Cerros del AbrigoENE 61°3,148 m9.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
June solstice05:5119:4920:27
September equinox06:5518:3119:05
December solstice07:1416:1716:57

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232532394756595751413123
Precip in1.82.02.31.81.41.13.73.72.22.21.61.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Alamos 13 W, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • great mullein18 obs
  • Scarlet Gilia16 obs
  • pinewoods geranium16 obs
  • Beardlip Penstemon15 obs
  • Dryope Hairstreak14 obs
  • Pale Snaketail13 obs
  • western poison ivy12 obs
  • Silver-spotted Skipper10 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357612831

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