Caballo Mountain
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
- 7.4 mi off the Jemez Mountain Trail, National
- 7.6 mi off the Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway
- 30.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 17.2 mi off the El Camino Real, National
Overlooks nearby
- Frijoles Canyon Viewpoint · 9 mi
- San Diego Canyon Overlook Overlook Site · 16 mi
- Jemez Canyon Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cerro Rubio: 2.1 mi
- Shell Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Thanksgiving Rock: 3.8 mi
- Chicoma Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Cerro Toledo: 5.0 mi
- Nexus: 4.9 mi
- Golondrina: 5.8 mi
- Touch the Sky: 6.0 mi
- Lucky: 6.1 mi
- Multiverse 2020: 6.1 mi
- 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
- John F Kennedy Memorial: 5.4 mi
- Los Alamos High School Memorial Garden: 5.4 mi
- Pierotti's Clowns: 6.0 mi
- Los Alamos Education Group Monument: 6.1 mi
- Peggy Pond Church: 6.2 mi
- 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
- Alcove: 10.8 mi
- The Narrows: 10.9 mi
- Amphitheater: 11.8 mi
- Alcove House: 12.2 mi
- Exchange Hotel Complex Historic Site: 14.7 mi
- 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
- Hans Bethe House: 6.0 mi
- Los Alamos History Museum: 6.0 mi
- San Ildefonso Pueblo Museum: 14.5 mi
- Bond House Museum: 16.0 mi
- Georgia O'keefe museum and home: 17.8 mi
- La Cuchilla de la Monjonera: 7.9 mi
- Gates of Hell: 13.8 mi
- Water Canyon pour-off: 14.7 mi
- Cerro Valdez: 15.3 mi
- Bear Jump: 18.8 mi
- Upper Frijoles Falls: 14.4 mi
- Lower Frijoles Falls: 14.6 mi
- Jemez Falls: 16.7 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 6.1 mi
- White Rock Community Garden: 12.3 mi
- San Antonio Hot Spring: 15.6 mi
- Spence Hot Spring: 16.5 mi
- New Mexico Wildlife Center: 18.9 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 19.1 mi
- Rendija Arch: 3.4 mi
- Buckman: 14.0 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Ridge | WNW 296° | 3,558 m | 5.4 mi |
| Chicoma Mountain | NNW 344° | 3,517 m | 3.9 mi |
| Polvadera Peak | NNW 343° | 3,419 m | 7.7 mi |
| Cerro Toledo | NW 304° | 3,323 m | 5.0 mi |
| South Mountain | SW 229° | 3,265 m | 12.3 mi |
| Cerro de la Garita | WNW 289° | 3,225 m | 9.8 mi |
| Pajarito Mountain | SSW 204° | 3,176 m | 5.0 mi |
| Cerro del Grant | WNW 295° | 3,174 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:48 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:16 | 16:56 |
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 | 30 | 34 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 70 | 67 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
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
Day trips start here
- Bandelier National Monument · 12 mi
- Española · 17 mi
- Pojoaque · 20 mi
- Chimayó · 25 mi
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