Blue Mesa
Blue Mesa rises to 2,605 m in New Mexico. Madre Mountain stands 2,870 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Cal Ship Mesa, a peak 4.8 miles away. Chain of Craters Back Country Byway passes 27 miles off. 64 named places lie within 25 miles, 52 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,605 m
How to reach it
- 26.9 mi off the Chain of Craters Back Country Byway
64 named places within 25 miles
- Cal Ship Mesa: 4.8 mi
- D Cross Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Bell Mountain: 5.7 mi
- White Mesa: 6.7 mi
- Table Mountain: 7.9 mi
- Cal Ship Mesa: 5.1 mi
- White Mesa: 6.6 mi
- Dead Horse Mesa: 17.4 mi
- Mesa Cencerro: 22.7 mi
- Maverick Spring: 8.4 mi
- Chavez Springs: 16.7 mi
- Dove Spring: 18.2 mi
- The Lightning Field: 22.9 mi
- Shiva:Shiwana: 23.5 mi
- Lightning Field: 23.0 mi
- Very Large Array: 23.2 mi
- Cherry Town: 13.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blue Mesa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Madre Mountain | SW 232° | 2,870 m | 11.8 mi |
| Davenport Lookout | SW 232° | 2,851 m | 13.5 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SW 217° | 2,787 m | 24.4 mi |
| South Crosby Peak | SSW 210° | 2,749 m | 23.9 mi |
| Anderson Mountain | SSW 209° | 2,717 m | 21.2 mi |
| Rincon | SSW 198° | 2,709 m | 10.3 mi |
| Cebollita Mesa | NNW 343° | 2,673 m | 22.9 mi |
| East Sugarloaf Mountain | SSW 211° | 2,646 m | 19.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:50 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 19:50 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:36 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:27 | 17:05 |
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 | 31 | 35 | 41 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 68 | 66 | 61 | 51 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pietown 19ne, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357592327
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