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Cerrita Portillo

Cerrita Portillo, seen from above at true elevation

Cerrita Portillo rises to 2,128 m in New Mexico. Sierra Pelada stands 2,962 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Cerrito Pelado, a peak 0.9 miles away. El Camino Real passes 3.3 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q49019222, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2128 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.66309, -106.13752

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Caja del Rio information kiosk: 3.1 mi
  • New Mexico Department of Game & Fish: 3.4 mi
  • Municipal Recreation Sports Complex: 4.3 mi
  • Sagebrush Park: 4.8 mi
  • La Paloma Park: 4.9 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Turkey: 5.7 mi
  • Morning Zia: 5.7 mi
  • Hare: 6.0 mi
  • Vasulka: 6.9 mi
  • Drum Poles: 7.1 mi
Museums: 34
Attractions: 30
  • F-111 Fighter Jet: 4.4 mi
  • Plaza Salazar: 6.3 mi
  • The Downs: 6.5 mi
  • Mountain Village: 6.6 mi
  • Rockin Rollers Event Arena: 7.8 mi
Gardens: 17
Springs: 11
  • Ancho Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Doe Springs: 10.2 mi
  • Pajarito Springs: 10.3 mi
  • Soda Springs: 10.4 mi
  • Cochiti Springs: 10.6 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Tetilla Peak Picnic Area: 9.5 mi
  • Cottonwood Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
  • Ampitheater Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
  • Ponderosa Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
  • Litte Tesuque Picnic Ground: 17.2 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Lower Frijoles Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Upper Frijoles Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Hyde Park Falls: 17.9 mi
  • Rio en Medio Falls: 18.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Rendija Arch: 20.4 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Cerrita Portillo. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sierra PeladaE 96°2,962 m15.2 mi
Atalaya MountainE 89°2,780 m14.7 mi
Atalaya MountainE 89°2,779 m14.7 mi
Picacho PeakE 86°2,590 m14.1 mi
Saint Peter's DomeWNW 297°2,580 m14.6 mi
Granite PointE 81°2,527 m15.2 mi
Rabbit HillWNW 303°2,527 m16.0 mi
Mesa del RitoNW 305°2,492 m16.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4319:17
June solstice05:5019:4620:24
September equinox06:5318:2919:03
December solstice07:1116:1616:56

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323643506070737165534032
Precip in0.40.40.70.50.60.61.82.01.31.20.70.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa FE CO Muni AP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 918128 — Cerrita Portillo, Santa Fe County, New Mexico.

OpenStreetMap element node/357605964

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