Cerro de la Garita
Cerro de la Garita rises to 3,225 m in New Mexico. Turkey Ridge stands 3,558 m to the east, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Cerro del Grant, a peak 1.5 miles away. Jemez Mountain Trail passes 9.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49019391, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,225 m
How to reach it
- 9.9 mi off the Jemez Mountain Trail, National
- 16.8 mi off the Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway
- 37.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 25.9 mi off the El Camino Real, National
Overlooks nearby
- San Diego Canyon Overlook Overlook Site · 11 mi
- Jemez Canyon Overlook · 11 mi
- Frijoles Canyon Viewpoint · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cerro del Grant: 1.5 mi
- Cerro Pavo: 2.8 mi
- Cerro Santa Rosa: 3.2 mi
- Cerro San Luis: 3.4 mi
- La Mesa del Pedregosa: 3.6 mi
- VALLE GRANDE HISTORIC MARKER: 11.0 mi
- Tsi-p'in-owinge' Pueblo Ruins: 12.9 mi
- Fenton Lake: 13.2 mi
- John F Kennedy Memorial: 14.2 mi
- Los Alamos High School Memorial Garden: 14.2 mi
- Nexus: 14.3 mi
- Golondrina: 14.8 mi
- Touch the Sky: 15.1 mi
- Multiverse 2020: 15.1 mi
- Lucky: 15.1 mi
- Kidney and Stomach Trouble Spring: 7.8 mi
- Footbath Spring: 7.9 mi
- Sulphur Springs: 7.9 mi
- Lemonade Spring: 7.9 mi
- Electric Spring: 8.0 mi
- Valles Caldera National Preserve: 5.8 mi
- Kiva: 14.1 mi
- Pine Street Playlot: 15.4 mi
- Los Pueblos Park: 16.0 mi
- Jemez State Monument: 17.6 mi
- Soda Dam: 16.8 mi
- Exchange Hotel Complex Historic Site: 17.1 mi
- Abiquiu Dam Visitor Center: 17.6 mi
- Alcove: 18.0 mi
- Human sundial: 18.1 mi
- Camp May: 10.2 mi
- La Cueva Picnic Ground: 11.1 mi
- Dark Canyon Picnic Ground: 11.5 mi
- Rincon Picnic Ground: 12.5 mi
- Las Conchas Picnic Ground: 12.7 mi
- Cerro Valdez: 6.9 mi
- La Cuchilla de la Monjonera: 12.8 mi
- Gates of Hell: 19.3 mi
- Red Rock Cliff: 20.0 mi
- Bear Jump: 21.3 mi
- Hans Bethe House: 15.1 mi
- Los Alamos History Museum: 15.1 mi
- Georgia O'keefe museum and home: 18.7 mi
- Florence Hawley Ellis Museum of Anthropology: 23.1 mi
- Ruth Hall Museum of Paleontology: 23.1 mi
- Jemez Falls: 13.6 mi
- Upper Frijoles Falls: 22.2 mi
- Lower Frijoles Falls: 22.4 mi
- San Antonio Hot Spring: 7.5 mi
- Spence Hot Spring: 11.7 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 10.9 mi
- Bluebird Mesa Wildlife Management Area: 19.4 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 15.1 mi
- White Rock Community Garden: 21.5 mi
- Rendija Arch: 12.5 mi
- Buckman: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Cerro de la Garita. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Ridge | E 100° | 3,558 m | 4.5 mi |
| Chicoma Mountain | E 86° | 3,517 m | 8.2 mi |
| Redondo Peak | S 191° | 3,434 m | 8.9 mi |
| Polvadera Peak | ENE 59° | 3,419 m | 8.2 mi |
| Cerro Toledo | E 94° | 3,323 m | 5.2 mi |
| South Mountain | S 180° | 3,265 m | 11.2 mi |
| Caballo Mountain | ESE 109° | 3,200 m | 9.8 mi |
| Pajarito Mountain | SE 137° | 3,176 m | 10.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:49 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:17 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 25 | 32 | 39 | 47 | 56 | 59 | 57 | 51 | 41 | 31 | 23 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Alamos 13 W, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357605983
Day trips start here
- Bandelier National Monument · 19 mi
- Española · 26 mi
- Pojoaque · 29 mi
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