Chavez Mesa
Chavez Mesa rises to 2,277 m in New Mexico. Sierra Grande stands 2,655 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Fisher Park, a park 1.6 miles away. Santa Fe Trail passes 24 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49019887, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,277 m
How to reach it
- 23.5 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Umbrella Mesa: 2.9 mi
- Kelleher Mesa: 3.0 mi
- Klondike Mesa: 3.1 mi
- Hoodoo Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Twin Buttes: 4.9 mi
- Fisher Park: 1.6 mi
- Folsom State Monument: 4.5 mi
- Sugarite Canyon State Park: 21.4 mi
- Sugarite Canyon: 21.9 mi
- Romero Park: 23.7 mi
- Folsom Museum: 6.3 mi
- The Old Branson Jail: 9.5 mi
- Scouting Museum: 24.4 mi
- Raton Museum: 24.5 mi
- north finial: 24.4 mi
- south finial: 24.4 mi
- Raton: 24.7 mi
- Folsom Museum Historic Site: 6.3 mi
- Star: 24.7 mi
- Sugarite Canyon State Park: 20.7 mi
- Coal Camp Ruins: 21.2 mi
- Prestons Point: 5.2 mi
- Trinchera Falls: 17.7 mi
- Yankee: 18.4 mi
- Sierra Grande Rest Area: 19.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Chavez Mesa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Grande | SSE 155° | 2,655 m | 15.7 mi |
| Johnson Mesa | W 270° | 2,636 m | 18.3 mi |
| Towndrow Peak | W 268° | 2,625 m | 14.4 mi |
| Barela Mesa | WNW 290° | 2,611 m | 18.5 mi |
| Dale Mountain | W 277° | 2,588 m | 10.7 mi |
| Red Mountain | W 269° | 2,569 m | 8.4 mi |
| Madrid Peak | WNW 282° | 2,498 m | 9.3 mi |
| Capulin Mountain | S 169° | 2,486 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:41 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 41 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Capulin, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357571898
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