Cerrito Chato
Cerrito Chato rises to 2,501 m in New Mexico. Turkey Ridge stands 3,558 m to the south-southwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Cerro Pelon, a peak 1.2 miles away. Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off.
The story
mountain in New Mexico, United States of America
Wikidata Q49019227, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2501 m
How to reach it
- 12.7 mi off the Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway
- 17.7 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 17.9 mi off the Jemez Mountain Trail, National
- 24.5 mi off the High Road to Taos
Overlooks nearby
- Frijoles Canyon Viewpoint · 19 mi
- San Diego Canyon Overlook Overlook Site · 22 mi
- Jemez Canyon Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cerro Pelon: 1.2 mi
- El Lagunito Palo Quemador: 1.7 mi
- Los Cerritos: 2.1 mi
- Loma Parda: 3.4 mi
- Cerrito del Chibato: 3.5 mi
- Pink Flamingo: 7.6 mi
- Nexus: 15.1 mi
- Golondrina: 16.2 mi
- Touch the Sky: 16.4 mi
- Lucky: 16.4 mi
- Tsi-p'in-owinge' Pueblo Ruins: 5.3 mi
- Old Spanish Trail Historical Marker: 7.5 mi
- Abiquiu Historical Marker: 7.6 mi
- Poshuoinge: 9.2 mi
- Time Capsule: 9.3 mi
- Dominguez-Velez de Escalente Trail Historical Marker: 7.5 mi
- Valles Caldera National Preserve: 15.2 mi
- Los Pueblos Park: 15.7 mi
- Kiva: 15.9 mi
- Pine Street Playlot: 16.3 mi
- Pine Spring: 11.9 mi
- Ojitos de los Gatos: 14.0 mi
- Armstead Spring: 18.4 mi
- American Spring: 18.9 mi
- Kidney and Stomach Trouble Spring: 19.1 mi
- Tsi’pin Ruins trailhead (permit required via Coyote Ranger Station): 4.5 mi
- Abiquiu Dam Visitor Center: 9.4 mi
- Ghost Ranch: 16.2 mi
- Chimney Rock: 16.7 mi
- Española: 18.4 mi
- Camp May: 14.7 mi
- Echo Amphitheater Picnic Site: 19.0 mi
- Ponderosa Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Las Conchas Picnic Ground: 21.9 mi
- La Cueva Picnic Ground: 22.3 mi
- Georgia O'keefe museum and home: 7.6 mi
- Florence Hawley Ellis Museum of Anthropology: 16.1 mi
- Ruth Hall Museum of Paleontology: 16.1 mi
- Hans Bethe House: 16.3 mi
- Los Alamos History Museum: 16.3 mi
- La Cuchilla de la Monjonera: 5.1 mi
- Gates of Hell: 9.2 mi
- Cerro Valdez: 11.3 mi
- Black Mesa: 18.9 mi
- Water Canyon pour-off: 24.5 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 16.3 mi
- White Rock Community Garden: 21.7 mi
- San Antonio Hot Spring: 18.9 mi
- Spence Hot Spring: 22.8 mi
- New Mexico Wildlife Center: 22.0 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 22.1 mi
- Jemez Falls: 24.2 mi
- Upper Frijoles Falls: 24.9 mi
- Rendija Arch: 13.9 mi
- Buckman: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Cerrito Chato. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Ridge | SSW 205° | 3,558 m | 9.3 mi |
| Chicoma Mountain | S 182° | 3,517 m | 7.1 mi |
| Polvadera Peak | SSW 202° | 3,419 m | 3.8 mi |
| Cerro Toledo | SSW 202° | 3,323 m | 8.7 mi |
| Cerro de la Garita | SW 228° | 3,225 m | 11.4 mi |
| Caballo Mountain | S 176° | 3,200 m | 10.9 mi |
| Pajarito Mountain | S 184° | 3,176 m | 15.4 mi |
| Cerro del Grant | SW 235° | 3,174 m | 10.9 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 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:16 | 16:55 |
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 | 49 | 58 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Abiquiu DAM, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 904912 — Cerrito Chato, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357592904
Day trips start here
- Española · 19 mi
- Bandelier National Monument · 23 mi
- Pojoaque · 25 mi
- Chimayó · 26 mi
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