Cerro Negro
Cerro Negro rises to 2,136 m in New Mexico. Mogote Peak stands 3,048 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Cerro Colorado, a peak 1.8 miles away. El Camino Real passes 18 miles off.
The story
mountain in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States
Wikidata Q49019516, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2136 m
How to reach it
- 17.6 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 22.0 mi off the High Road to Taos
- 24.1 mi off the Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway
- 27.9 mi off the Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- U S Hill · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cerro Colorado: 1.8 mi
- Mesa Vibora: 5.6 mi
- Sierra Negra: 9.2 mi
- Valle Grande Peak: 9.8 mi
- Vallito Peak: 10.1 mi
- Mars Polar Lander: 5.9 mi
- Arroyo Falls: 13.2 mi
- Embudo Valley Ceramic Mural: 13.7 mi
- Pink Flamingo: 14.4 mi
- Gear Up Graduation Mural: 20.9 mi
- El Rito Historical Marker: 5.8 mi
- Senator Matias L. Chacon Recreational Park: 5.8 mi
- Embudo Stream-Gaging Station Historical Marker: 10.1 mi
- Velarde on the Camino Real Historical Marker: 12.1 mi
- Dominguez-Velez de Escalente Trail Historical Marker: 14.4 mi
- Posi Pueblo: 2.1 mi
- Ojo Caliente Historical Marker: 2.6 mi
- Poshuoinge: 12.0 mi
- Abiquiu Historical Marker: 14.3 mi
- Old Spanish Trail Historical Marker: 14.4 mi
- Delgado Hall Historic Site: 6.0 mi
- SJC: 14.9 mi
- Rio Grande Gorge Visitor Center: 17.1 mi
- Petaca Point: 17.8 mi
- Abiquiu Dam Visitor Center: 19.3 mi
- Rock Spring: 14.5 mi
- Elk Spring: 15.2 mi
- Rancherilla Spring: 15.3 mi
- East Sisneras Spring: 15.4 mi
- Harris Bear Spring: 15.7 mi
- Classical Gas Museum: 10.3 mi
- Georgia O'keefe museum and home: 14.3 mi
- Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Center: 14.3 mi
- Ruth Hall Museum of Paleontology: 21.3 mi
- Florence Hawley Ellis Museum of Anthropology: 21.3 mi
- Black Mesa: 10.2 mi
- La Mesita: 11.7 mi
- Barrancos Blancos: 12.0 mi
- Comanche Rim: 13.4 mi
- Gates of Hell: 15.1 mi
- Quartzite River Access: 16.8 mi
- Gorge Overlook Rest Stop: 22.9 mi
- Tres Piedras Wildlife Management Area: 22.7 mi
- New Mexico Wildlife Center: 23.6 mi
- Echo Amphitheater Picnic Site: 24.4 mi
- Northlake Picnic ground: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Cerro Negro. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mogote Peak | NW 317° | 3,048 m | 17.8 mi |
| Kiowa Mountain | N 359° | 2,967 m | 20.1 mi |
| Mogotito | NW 310° | 2,965 m | 16.7 mi |
| Banco Lona | NW 320° | 2,923 m | 16.9 mi |
| Cerro Pelon | SW 233° | 2,856 m | 21.2 mi |
| Big Rock | N 6° | 2,708 m | 17.4 mi |
| La Sotella | SW 215° | 2,647 m | 18.5 mi |
| Mesa de la Jarita | N 2° | 2,641 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:43 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:48 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:29 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:14 | 16:54 |
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 | 30 | 33 | 40 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — EL Rito, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357610917
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