Cerro Pelon
Cerro Pelon rises to 2,856 m in New Mexico. Turkey Ridge stands 3,558 m to the south-southwest, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Cerrito Chato, a peak 1.2 miles away. Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States (GeoNames ID = 5483761).
Wikidata Q49019545, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,856 m
How to reach it
- 13.9 mi off the Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway
- 18.6 mi off the Jemez Mountain Trail, National
- 18.7 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 25.7 mi off the High Road to Taos
Overlooks nearby
- Frijoles Canyon Viewpoint · 20 mi
- San Diego Canyon Overlook Overlook Site · 22 mi
- Jemez Canyon Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cerrito Chato: 1.2 mi
- El Lagunito Palo Quemador: 1.7 mi
- Los Cerritos: 3.3 mi
- Pueblo Mesa: 4.1 mi
- Polvadera Peak: 4.3 mi
- Pink Flamingo: 7.4 mi
- Nexus: 16.1 mi
- Golondrina: 17.2 mi
- Touch the Sky: 17.4 mi
- Lucky: 17.4 mi
- Tsi-p'in-owinge' Pueblo Ruins: 4.1 mi
- Old Spanish Trail Historical Marker: 7.3 mi
- Abiquiu Historical Marker: 7.4 mi
- Time Capsule: 8.3 mi
- Poshuoinge: 9.3 mi
- Pine Spring: 13.0 mi
- Ojitos de los Gatos: 13.1 mi
- Kidney and Stomach Trouble Spring: 19.1 mi
- Armstead Spring: 19.2 mi
- Footbath Spring: 19.2 mi
- Valles Caldera National Preserve: 15.5 mi
- Los Pueblos Park: 16.8 mi
- Kiva: 16.8 mi
- Pine Street Playlot: 17.3 mi
- Main Gate Park: 18.7 mi
- Abiquiu Dam Visitor Center: 8.4 mi
- Ghost Ranch: 15.1 mi
- Chimney Rock: 15.7 mi
- Echo Amphitheater: 18.0 mi
- Delgado Hall Historic Site: 19.2 mi
- Camp May: 15.5 mi
- Echo Amphitheater Picnic Site: 17.9 mi
- Ponderosa Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
- La Cueva Picnic Ground: 22.3 mi
- Las Conchas Picnic Ground: 22.4 mi
- Georgia O'keefe museum and home: 7.4 mi
- Florence Hawley Ellis Museum of Anthropology: 15.1 mi
- Ruth Hall Museum of Paleontology: 15.1 mi
- Hans Bethe House: 17.3 mi
- Los Alamos History Museum: 17.3 mi
- La Cuchilla de la Monjonera: 6.3 mi
- Gates of Hell: 10.2 mi
- Cerro Valdez: 10.5 mi
- Black Mesa: 19.7 mi
- Red Rock Cliff: 24.5 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 17.3 mi
- White Rock Community Garden: 22.8 mi
- San Antonio Hot Spring: 18.7 mi
- Spence Hot Spring: 22.9 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 21.8 mi
- New Mexico Wildlife Center: 23.1 mi
- Rendija Arch: 14.9 mi
- Buckman: 23.7 mi
- Jemez Falls: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Cerro Pelon. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Ridge | SSW 198° | 3,558 m | 9.7 mi |
| Chicoma Mountain | S 175° | 3,517 m | 7.9 mi |
| Polvadera Peak | S 186° | 3,419 m | 4.3 mi |
| Cerro Toledo | SSW 195° | 3,323 m | 9.1 mi |
| Cerro de la Garita | SW 221° | 3,225 m | 11.3 mi |
| Caballo Mountain | S 171° | 3,200 m | 11.7 mi |
| Pajarito Mountain | S 181° | 3,176 m | 16.2 mi |
| Cerro del Grant | SW 229° | 3,174 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:49 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:16 | 16:55 |
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 | 34 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Abiquiu DAM, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357593166
Day trips start here
- Española · 20 mi
- Bandelier National Monument · 24 mi
- Pojoaque · 26 mi
- Chimayó · 27 mi
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