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Cerro Colorado

Cerro Colorado, a peak in New Mexico
Cerro Colorado, a peak in New MexicoKent G. Budge · CC0
Cerro Colorado, a peak in New Mexico
Elizabeth Holloway · CC0
Cerro Colorado, a peak in New Mexico
Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM · CC0

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Cerro Colorado rises to 2,091 m in New Mexico. Thompson Peak stands 3,215 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is 16-cylinder locomotive engine, a artwork 0.7 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 4.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2091 m
Getting there

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Coordinates35.47121, -105.88620

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Peaks
  • Vista Grande Peak: 4.6 mi
  • The Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Bishop's Peak: 5.1 mi
  • Fangio Mesa: 5.7 mi
  • Vargas: 7.5 mi
Historic sites: 53
  • El Ortiz Hotel: 0.8 mi
  • Making Travel a Pleasure: 0.8 mi
  • The Iron Backbone of New Mexico: 0.8 mi
  • Hamilton: 0.8 mi
  • Seton Castle: 9.2 mi
Museums: 29
Attractions: 23
Gardens: 15
  • The Haozous Garden: 10.6 mi
  • Biowall: 11.2 mi
  • Native American Garden: 13.5 mi
  • Garden Overlook: 13.5 mi
  • Roland Meadow Garden: 13.6 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Picnic sites: 5
Cliffs: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 3
  • Yoh toh: 13.4 mi
  • Alamosa Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Cochiti Springs: 24.5 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Cerro Colorado. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Thompson PeakNNE 18°3,215 m14.6 mi
Glorieta BaldyNNE 21°3,116 m13.4 mi
Viveash MesaNE 40°3,001 m20.3 mi
Sierra PeladaN 5°2,962 m11.8 mi
Monument RockNNE 14°2,830 m16.1 mi
Atalaya MountainN 2°2,780 m13.6 mi
Atalaya MountainN 2°2,779 m13.6 mi
Placer MountainWSW 240°2,700 m18.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4219:16
June solstice05:4919:4520:23
September equinox06:5218:2819:02
December solstice07:1016:1616:55

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323542495869717063524032
Precip in0.80.70.90.80.90.92.52.21.61.60.91.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa FE Seton, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357582988

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