Cerro Chato
Cerro Chato rises to 2,123 m in New Mexico. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Mountain, a peak 2.0 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 8.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States.
Wikidata Q49019328, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,123 m
How to reach it
- 8.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 0.8 mi off the Turquoise Trail, National
- 9.4 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 17.1 mi off the Sandia Crest Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Village Vista · 5 mi
- Madera Overlook · 17 mi
- Balsam Glade Nature Tr - La Madera Canyon Overlook · 17 mi
- Crinoid Fossils · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cedar Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Waldo Mesa: 3.2 mi
- Placer Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Cunningham Hill: 4.3 mi
- El Punto: 5.1 mi
- Fan Pole: 2.3 mi
- Horse: 3.9 mi
- Pen Zia: 14.1 mi
- Zia: 14.3 mi
- Kokopelli: 14.3 mi
- Oscar Huber Memorial Ball Park: 2.8 mi
- Cerrillos Children's Park: 5.0 mi
- Golden Openspace: 11.1 mi
- Golden Open Space: 11.1 mi
- Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve: 13.4 mi
- CERRILLOS - Official Scenic Historical Marker: 5.2 mi
- Official Scenic Historic Marker: 9.3 mi
- Mormon Battalion: 10.5 mi
- Leonora Curtin Paloheimo: 13.6 mi
- Royal Road, el Camino real de Tierra Adentro: 13.7 mi
- Madrid Museum (Old coal town): 2.5 mi
- Cerrillos Turquoise Mining Museum: 5.0 mi
- El Rancho de las Golondrinas: 13.8 mi
- El Rancho de los Golondrinas: 13.8 mi
- Santa Fe Reptile and Bug Museum: 18.0 mi
- Madrid Boarding House Historic Site: 2.5 mi
- Cerrillos Opera House Historic Site: 5.0 mi
- abandoned mine marker: 6.5 mi
- Henderson Store: 8.3 mi
- Mountain Village: 13.6 mi
- Yoh toh: 6.0 mi
- Cochiti Springs: 15.3 mi
- Tunnel Spring: 15.6 mi
- Osha Spring: 17.0 mi
- Capulin Spring: 17.2 mi
- Las Huertas Picnic Grounds: 16.3 mi
- Capulin Springs Picnic Ground: 17.2 mi
- Capulin Picnic Ground: 17.3 mi
- Dry Camp Picnic Ground: 17.6 mi
- Nine Mile Picnic Ground: 17.7 mi
- The Haozous Garden: 17.2 mi
- Colonia Prisma Community Garden: 18.6 mi
- Biowall: 18.7 mi
- Xeric Garden: 24.3 mi
- Goede Orchard Garden: 24.3 mi
- Santa Fe Conservation Trust: 14.4 mi
- Galisteo Basin Preserve: 14.9 mi
- New Mexico Land Conservancy: 18.9 mi
- Eldorado's Community Preserve: 20.5 mi
- Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 20.9 mi
- Waldo: 5.0 mi
- Hagan: 8.5 mi
- Bonanza City: 12.1 mi
- Devils Throne: 5.3 mi
- Garden of the Gods: 7.4 mi
- White Bluffs: 18.0 mi
- La Bajada Rest Area: 10.1 mi
- Travertine Falls: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.9 miles of Cerro Chato. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandia Crest | SW 231° | 3,255 m | 19.0 mi |
| North Sandia Peak | SW 236° | 3,184 m | 18.3 mi |
| The Needle | SW 235° | 3,127 m | 18.7 mi |
| The Thumb | SW 231° | 3,081 m | 19.5 mi |
| The Chimney | SW 232° | 3,051 m | 19.1 mi |
| Tombstone | SW 233° | 3,048 m | 18.8 mi |
| Jawbone | SW 226° | 3,014 m | 19.4 mi |
| Hail Peak | SW 229° | 2,947 m | 19.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:46 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:17 | 16:57 |
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 | 40 | 49 | 57 | 66 | 68 | 66 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sandia Park, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 897884 — Cerro Chato, Santa Fe County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357582975
Day trips start here
- Madrid · 3 mi
- Bernalillo · 21 mi
- Cedar Crest · 22 mi
- Edgewood · 22 mi
- Santa Fe · 25 mi
- Bandelier National Monument · 28 mi
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