Antelope Mesa
Antelope Mesa rises to 2,336 m in New Mexico. Baldy Mountain stands 3,765 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Cimarron Canyon, a historic site 1.2 miles away. Santa Fe Trail passes 3.4 miles off. 113 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49008889, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,336 m
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
- 15.6 mi off the Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Base Camp View · 3 mi
113 named places within 25 miles
- Deer Lake Mesa: 2.3 mi
- Slate Hill: 2.7 mi
- Window Rock: 3.8 mi
- Cathedral Rock: 3.8 mi
- Tooth of Time: 4.1 mi
- Cimarron Canyon: 1.2 mi
- Philmont Scout Ranch Gateway Sign: 4.2 mi
- Cimarron Canyon Historical Marker: 8.0 mi
- Cimarron Canyon State Park: 8.2 mi
- Palisades Sill: 9.1 mi
- Blackjack's Hideout: 4.3 mi
- Cimarron Veterans Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Gravel Pit Lakes: 8.4 mi
- Cimarron Canyon State Park: 9.1 mi
- Cimarron Canyon Wildlife Area: 10.6 mi
- Welcome Wagon: 4.1 mi
- Homebound Ampitheater: 4.1 mi
- Covered Wagon: 4.2 mi
- Cimarron Santa Fe National Historic Trail Interpretive Plaza: 4.2 mi
- T-Rex Track: 6.3 mi
- Old Aztec Mill Museum: 3.9 mi
- Villa Philmonte: 4.0 mi
- Kit Carson Museum: 10.3 mi
- Eagle Nest Visitor Center & Gateway Museum: 15.1 mi
- Russell’s Truck & Car Muzeum: 22.5 mi
- Cimarron Canyon State Park: 9.9 mi
- Eagle Nest Wildlife Management Area: 13.9 mi
- Eagle Nest Lake State Park: 14.5 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 23.8 mi
- Tipi: 4.0 mi
- The Wonders of Discovery: 4.1 mi
- Eagle: 15.4 mi
- Betty's Bra: 5.7 mi
- Palisades: 9.4 mi
- Crooked Creek Spring: 10.4 mi
- Apache Spring: 19.8 mi
- Palisades Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Antelope Mesa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldy Mountain | NW 305° | 3,765 m | 14.9 mi |
| Taos Cone | W 279° | 3,729 m | 21.5 mi |
| Touch-Me-Not Mountain | WNW 294° | 3,670 m | 12.6 mi |
| Mount Phillips | WSW 258° | 3,553 m | 9.5 mi |
| Bunkhouse Bare Point | WSW 257° | 3,550 m | 9.2 mi |
| Tolby Peak | W 264° | 3,513 m | 10.2 mi |
| Comanche Peak | WSW 258° | 3,445 m | 8.6 mi |
| Taos Peak | WNW 283° | 3,430 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:44 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 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 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 69 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 40 | 33 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cimarron 4 SW, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 885780 — Antelope Mesa, Colfax County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357570031
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