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Burnt Mesa

Burnt Mesa, seen from above at true elevation

Burnt Mesa rises to 2,179 m in New Mexico. South Mountain stands 3,265 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Alcove, a attraction 0.6 miles away. Jemez Mountain Trail passes 3.0 miles off.

The story

mountain in New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q49016963, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2179 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.81030, -106.31614

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Anasazi Ruins: 2.5 mi
  • Long House: 2.9 mi
  • Big Kiva: 3.1 mi
  • Peggy Pond Church: 4.9 mi
  • Los Alamos Education Group Monument: 4.9 mi
Artworks
Parks
  • Kiva: 5.2 mi
  • Pine Street Playlot: 5.3 mi
  • Natural Park: 5.7 mi
  • Main Gate Park: 5.7 mi
  • PAHOA land: 5.7 mi
Attractions: 30
Springs: 18
  • American Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Apache Spring: 4.3 mi
  • Doe Springs: 4.5 mi
  • Armstead Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Ancho Spring: 5.5 mi
Gardens: 14
Picnic sites: 12
  • Ampitheater Picnic Area: 2.1 mi
  • Ponderosa Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
  • Cottonwood Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
  • Camp May: 7.6 mi
  • Tetilla Peak Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 3
  • Upper Frijoles Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Lower Frijoles Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Jemez Falls: 16.3 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Hot springs: 2
  • Spence Hot Spring: 17.8 mi
  • San Antonio Hot Spring: 20.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Rendija Arch: 7.1 mi
Rest areas: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Burnt Mesa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South MountainW 279°3,265 m12.2 mi
Caballo MountainNNW 345°3,200 m10.3 mi
Pajarito MountainNW 319°3,176 m7.1 mi
Cerro RubioNNW 333°3,169 m10.5 mi
Cerros del AbrigoNW 313°3,148 m12.3 mi
Cerro GrandeNW 307°3,098 m6.8 mi
Shell MountainNNW 333°3,098 m11.1 mi
Cerro PeladoW 262°3,082.9 m13.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4419:17
June solstice05:5019:4820:25
September equinox06:5418:3019:04
December solstice07:1216:1616:56

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303442485767706762513931
Precip in0.90.71.00.91.21.22.93.22.01.60.90.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Alamos, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 904224 — Burnt Mesa, Los Alamos County, New Mexico.

OpenStreetMap element node/357592597

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