Wagon Mound Historical Marker
Wagon Mound Historical Marker is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,890 m. Turkey Mountains stands 2,807 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Wagon Mound Veterans' Memorial Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Santa Fe Trail runs past it. 55 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1890 m
How to reach it
- On the Santa Fe Trail, National
- 45.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 25.8 mi off the La Frontera del Llano Byway
55 named places within 25 miles
- The Wagon Mound: 1.0 mi
- Santa Clara Mesa: 1.5 mi
- Las Mesas Del Conjelon: 2.2 mi
- Jarosa Mesa: 2.6 mi
- Alto de Hormiga: 5.5 mi
- Wagon Mound Lake Wildlife Management Area: 1.3 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 11.9 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 11.9 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 11.9 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 12.3 mi
- Wagon Mound Veterans' Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- Canadian River Canyon Historical Marker: 17.0 mi
- Fort Union National Monument Historical Marker: 18.6 mi
- Mills Canyon Historical Marker: 18.6 mi
- Watrous Historical Marker: 21.7 mi
- Santa Clara Hotel Historic Site: 0.2 mi
- WM: 0.5 mi
- Carl W Wildensteins House Historic Site: 21.7 mi
- Fort Union Rest Area: 12.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wagon Mound Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Mountains | W 260° | 2,807 m | 11.1 mi |
| Cerro Pelon | WNW 286° | 2,704 m | 20.6 mi |
| Cooks Peak | NW 310° | 2,618 m | 24.6 mi |
| Gallinas Mesa | NW 306° | 2,558 m | 23.8 mi |
| Cerro del Amole | W 281° | 2,494 m | 23.2 mi |
| Los Naranjos Peak | WNW 301° | 2,461 m | 19.9 mi |
| Cerrito Pelon | NW 312° | 2,461 m | 22.5 mi |
| Rivera Mesa | NW 315° | 2,447 m | 23.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:42 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:23 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:09 | 16:49 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 41 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Valmora, 18 mi away.
- Large Grassland Tiger Beetle6 obs
- Black Sky Tiger Beetle6 obs
- Black-necked Stilt4 obs
- Pronghorn4 obs
- chicory4 obs
- showy milkweed4 obs
- Wapiti4 obs
- Snowy Plover4 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/357612385
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