Cerro Colorado
Cerro Colorado rises to 1,763 m in New Mexico. Mesa Lucero stands 2,086 m to the southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is La Mesita Negra, a peak 1.9 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.8 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in Bernalillo County, New Mexico
Wikidata Q49019341, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1763 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 12.0 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 18.8 mi off the Corrales Road
- 27.9 mi off the Abo Pass Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Lightning Scarred Tree · 27 mi
- Bet's Rock · 27 mi
- Flat Rock Overlook · 27 mi
- Pondorosa Point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rio Puerco Bridge: 2.3 mi
- Hubbell House Historic Site: 12.0 mi
- Needalocker Hill/Bart's Rock: 13.9 mi
- Asia: 13.9 mi
- (Little) Snoopy Rock: 14.0 mi
- Tierra West Park: 6.9 mi
- The Orchards Park: 8.5 mi
- West Mesa Memorial Park: 8.5 mi
- Anderson Heights Park: 8.6 mi
- Aspiration Park: 8.7 mi
- La Mesita Negra: 1.9 mi
- Blackbird Hill: 7.7 mi
- Wind Mesa: 7.9 mi
- J A Volcano: 10.0 mi
- Black Volcano: 10.2 mi
- Compass Rose: 10.2 mi
- Jesus Christ: 12.0 mi
- The Blessed Virgin Mary: 12.0 mi
- American Flag Roof: 12.2 mi
- The Rescue: 13.3 mi
- American International Rattlesnake Museum: 14.0 mi
- The Albuquerque Museum of Art & History: 14.1 mi
- Explora: 14.3 mi
- New Mexico Holocaust Museum and Gellert Center for Education: 14.5 mi
- The Wheels Museum: 14.6 mi
- Pajarito: 12.0 mi
- The Franciscan Hotel: 14.6 mi
- Albuquerque on the Camino Real Historical Marker: 14.7 mi
- Fallout Shelter: 14.8 mi
- Harvey Girls: 14.9 mi
- Curandera Garden: 13.2 mi
- Model Railroad Garden: 13.3 mi
- ABQ BioPark (Botanic Garden): 13.3 mi
- Barelas Community Garden: 14.5 mi
- Castetter Greenhouse: 16.2 mi
- Paseo de la Mesa Open Space: 12.2 mi
- Trailhead: 13.8 mi
- El Cerro de Los Lunas Preserve: 16.8 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Preserve South Entrance: 24.6 mi
- Tingley Park: 14.2 mi
- Standing Rock: 17.1 mi
- Carpenter: 17.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cerro Colorado. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesa Lucero | SW 223° | 2,086 m | 20.3 mi |
| Mesa Gigante | W 274° | 2,009 m | 15.5 mi |
| Mesa Cocina | NW 320° | 2,009 m | 22.6 mi |
| Plate Mesa | WNW 301° | 2,005 m | 15.2 mi |
| Arch Mesa | WNW 303° | 1,995 m | 21.8 mi |
| Herrera Mesa | NW 313° | 1,989 m | 20.3 mi |
| Mesa Gigante (Bell Rock Mesa) | W 278° | 1,982 m | 16.2 mi |
| Gavilan Mesa | WNW 291° | 1,970 m | 24.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 19:48 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:21 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 42 | 49 | 56 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albuquerque Valley, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 897887 — Cerro Colorado, Bernalillo County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357582985
Day trips start here
- Albuquerque · 15 mi
- Los Lunas · 18 mi
- Belen · 26 mi
- Bernalillo · 27 mi
- Central New Mexico · 28 mi
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