Captain Davis Mountain
Captain Davis Mountain rises to 2,164 m in New Mexico. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Cunningham Hill, a peak 1.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 13 miles off.
The story
mountain in New Mexico, United States of America
Wikidata Q49018059, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2164 m
How to reach it
- 13.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 4.3 mi off the Turquoise Trail, National
- 13.2 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 18.7 mi off the Sandia Crest Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Village Vista · 7 mi
- Madera Overlook · 19 mi
- Balsam Glade Nature Tr - La Madera Canyon Overlook · 19 mi
- Galisteo Basin Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cunningham Hill: 1.3 mi
- Lone Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Placer Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Los Cobreros Mesa: 4.2 mi
- Fan Pole: 5.5 mi
- Horse: 6.1 mi
- BME: 14.1 mi
- Moon Crescent: 14.5 mi
- Pen Zia: 15.9 mi
- Oscar Huber Memorial Ball Park: 5.7 mi
- Cerrillos Children's Park: 7.0 mi
- Garden of the Gods Historical Marker: 7.7 mi
- Southern Rockies Historical Marker: 10.2 mi
- Galisteo Pueblo Historical Marker: 10.2 mi
- CERRILLOS - Official Scenic Historical Marker: 6.9 mi
- Pa-ako ruins: 14.7 mi
- Official Scenic Historic Marker: 14.7 mi
- Official Scenic Historic Marker: 14.7 mi
- x: 15.0 mi
- Las Huertas Picnic Grounds: 18.3 mi
- Doc Long Picnic Ground: 18.6 mi
- Doc Long Picnic Ground: 18.6 mi
- Sulphur Canyon Picnic Ground: 18.7 mi
- Capulin Springs Picnic Ground: 19.0 mi
- Yoh toh: 8.1 mi
- Sulphur Canyon Spring: 18.7 mi
- Tunnel Spring: 18.8 mi
- Capulin Spring: 19.0 mi
- Tree Spring: 19.1 mi
- Madrid Museum (Old coal town): 5.4 mi
- Cerrillos Turquoise Mining Museum: 7.1 mi
- Pflueger: 16.5 mi
- El Rancho de las Golondrinas: 16.5 mi
- El Rancho de los Golondrinas: 16.5 mi
- Madrid Boarding House Historic Site: 5.5 mi
- Cerrillos Opera House Historic Site: 7.1 mi
- Henderson Store: 7.5 mi
- abandoned mine marker: 9.0 mi
- Mountain Village: 16.2 mi
- Santa Fe Conservation Trust: 12.0 mi
- Galisteo Basin Preserve: 12.8 mi
- Wildlife West Nature Park: 18.9 mi
- Eldorado's Community Preserve: 19.3 mi
- Bishop John Lamy Grant: 19.4 mi
- Garden of the Gods: 7.7 mi
- Devils Throne: 7.8 mi
- White Bluffs: 13.1 mi
- Waldo: 8.2 mi
- Hagan: 11.5 mi
- Bonanza City: 14.4 mi
- The Haozous Garden: 18.3 mi
- Biowall: 19.8 mi
- Colonia Prisma Community Garden: 20.5 mi
- La Bajada Rest Area: 13.5 mi
- Travertine Falls: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Captain Davis Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandia Crest | WSW 246° | 3,255 m | 20.9 mi |
| North Sandia Peak | WSW 251° | 3,184 m | 20.7 mi |
| The Needle | WSW 249° | 3,127 m | 21.0 mi |
| The Thumb | WSW 245° | 3,081 m | 21.3 mi |
| The Chimney | WSW 247° | 3,051 m | 21.1 mi |
| Tombstone | WSW 248° | 3,048 m | 20.8 mi |
| Jawbone | WSW 241° | 3,014 m | 20.9 mi |
| South Sandia Peak | SW 231° | 2,982 m | 23.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:43 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:46 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:29 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:17 | 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 | 31 | 35 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stanley 2 NNE, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357571580
Day trips start here
- Madrid · 5 mi
- Edgewood · 19 mi
- Cedar Crest · 22 mi
- Bernalillo · 25 mi
- Santa Fe · 27 mi
- Pecos · 30 mi
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