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Cerrito Pelado

Cerrito Pelado, seen from above at true elevation

Cerrito Pelado rises to 2,083 m in New Mexico. Sierra Pelada stands 2,962 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Cerrita Portillo, a peak 0.9 miles away. El Camino Real passes 3.2 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q49019264, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2083 m
Getting there

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Coordinates35.65392, -106.14891

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Caja del Rio information kiosk: 3.9 mi
  • New Mexico Department of Game & Fish: 4.2 mi
  • Municipal Recreation Sports Complex: 5.0 mi
  • Sagebrush Park: 5.1 mi
  • La Paloma Park: 5.2 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums: 34
Attractions: 30
  • F-111 Fighter Jet: 4.5 mi
  • Plaza Salazar: 5.9 mi
  • Mountain Village: 6.2 mi
  • The Downs: 6.4 mi
  • Rockin Rollers Event Arena: 8.5 mi
Gardens: 17
Springs: 11
  • Ancho Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Cochiti Springs: 9.7 mi
  • Doe Springs: 10.4 mi
  • Pajarito Springs: 10.7 mi
  • Soda Springs: 10.9 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Tetilla Peak Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
  • Cottonwood Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
  • Ampitheater Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
  • Ponderosa Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
  • Litte Tesuque Picnic Ground: 17.9 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Cliffs: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Lower Frijoles Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Upper Frijoles Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Hyde Park Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Rio en Medio Falls: 19.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Rendija Arch: 20.6 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Cerrito Pelado. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sierra PeladaE 93°2,962 m15.8 mi
Atalaya MountainE 86°2,780 m15.4 mi
Atalaya MountainE 86°2,779 m15.3 mi
Picacho PeakE 83°2,590 m14.8 mi
Saint Peter's DomeWNW 300°2,580 m14.4 mi
Rabbit HillNW 306°2,527 m15.9 mi
Granite PointENE 79°2,527 m16.0 mi
Mesa del RitoNW 308°2,492 m16.7 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 918130 — Cerrito Pelado, Santa Fe County, New Mexico.

OpenStreetMap element node/357605973

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