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Caballo Mountain

Caballo Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Caballo Mountain rises to 3,200 m in New Mexico. Turkey Ridge stands 3,558 m to the west-northwest, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Cerro Rubio, a peak 2.1 miles away. Jemez Mountain Trail passes 7.4 miles off.

The story

mountain in New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q49017440, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
3200 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.95363, -106.36503

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Artworks: 48
Parks: 36
  • Kiva: 5.3 mi
  • Pine Street Playlot: 6.2 mi
  • Los Pueblos Park: 6.4 mi
  • Main Gate Park: 8.2 mi
  • Valles Caldera National Preserve: 8.4 mi
Historic sites: 34
Springs: 18
  • Pine Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Armstead Spring: 7.6 mi
  • American Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Apache Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Alamo Spring: 9.7 mi
Attractions: 17
Picnic sites: 11
  • Camp May: 4.3 mi
  • Ponderosa Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
  • Ampitheater Picnic Area: 11.8 mi
  • Las Conchas Picnic Ground: 13.1 mi
  • Cottonwood Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
Museums: 7
Cliffs: 6
Waterfalls: 3
  • Upper Frijoles Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Lower Frijoles Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Jemez Falls: 16.7 mi
Gardens: 2
Hot springs: 2
  • San Antonio Hot Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Spence Hot Spring: 16.5 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Rendija Arch: 3.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Caballo Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Turkey RidgeWNW 296°3,558 m5.4 mi
Chicoma MountainNNW 344°3,517 m3.9 mi
Polvadera PeakNNW 343°3,419 m7.7 mi
Cerro ToledoNW 304°3,323 m5.0 mi
South MountainSW 229°3,265 m12.3 mi
Cerro de la GaritaWNW 289°3,225 m9.8 mi
Pajarito MountainSSW 204°3,176 m5.0 mi
Cerro del GrantWNW 295°3,174 m10.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4419:18
June solstice05:5019:4820:26
September equinox06:5418:3019:04
December solstice07:1316:1616:56

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 904278 — Caballo Mountain, Sandoval County, New Mexico.

OpenStreetMap element node/357592639

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