Capulin Peak
Capulin Peak rises to 2,804 m in New Mexico. Polvadera Peak stands 3,419 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mesa Gurule, a peak 1.4 miles away. Jemez Mountain Trail passes 17 miles off.
The story
Capulin Peak is a summit in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. It reaches an elevation of 9,199 feet / 2,804 meters. Its former name in the Tewa language of the nearby Puebloan peoples was Abepin. Its Spanish name was Cerro Capulin, Capulin meaning Choke Cherry. The Armijo Route of the Old Spanish Trail ran westward at the foot of the peak at its south. This route is now closely followed or paralleled by New Mexico, New Mexico State Road 96.
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Wikidata Q24191712, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,804 m
How to reach it
- 17.2 mi off the Jemez Mountain Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- San Diego Canyon Overlook Overlook Site · 28 mi
- Jemez Canyon Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mesa Gurule: 1.4 mi
- French Mesa: 2.1 mi
- Mesa Corral: 3.6 mi
- Mesa los Indios: 4.1 mi
- Cerro Blanco: 4.1 mi
- Cecilia Spring: 4.2 mi
- Ojitos de los Gatos: 18.4 mi
- Cave Canyon Sping: 23.5 mi
- Laxitive Spring: 24.7 mi
- Kidney and Stomach Trouble Spring: 24.7 mi
- Echo Amphitheater: 15.5 mi
- Chimney Rock: 17.0 mi
- Ghost Ranch: 17.6 mi
- Cuba Rams: 18.1 mi
- Abiquiu Dam Visitor Center: 18.9 mi
- Cuba: 18.3 mi
- Time Capsule: 18.9 mi
- Tsi-p'in-owinge' Pueblo Ruins: 19.0 mi
- San Juan Basin: 19.2 mi
- Cuba Historic Marker: 19.7 mi
- Rincon Colorado: 7.3 mi
- Red Rock Cliff: 7.4 mi
- Cerro Valdez: 14.9 mi
- Saint Francis of Assisi Park: 18.5 mi
- Sandoval County Event Center: 20.9 mi
- El Vado Lake State Park: 24.6 mi
- Bluebird Mesa Wildlife Management Area: 19.5 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 22.2 mi
- Echo Amphitheater Picnic Site: 15.6 mi
- San Antonio Hot Spring: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Capulin Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polvadera Peak | ESE 122° | 3,419 m | 23.9 mi |
| Cerro de la Garita | SE 142° | 3,225 m | 21.5 mi |
| Cerro del Grant | SE 141° | 3,174 m | 20.1 mi |
| Cerro Pavo | SE 139° | 3,144 m | 19.0 mi |
| San Antonio Mountain | SSE 158° | 3,041 m | 22.8 mi |
| La Mesa del Pedregosa | SE 132° | 3,039 m | 21.5 mi |
| Cerro Pedernal | ESE 111° | 3,003 m | 15.7 mi |
| Cerro Jarocito | S 169° | 2,993 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:50 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:17 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 30 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 59 | 47 | 35 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lindrith 1 WSW, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357608826
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