Cream Colored Rock
Cream Colored Rock rises to 2,287 m in New Mexico. Mount Powell stands 2,653 m to the southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Owl Spring, a spring 1.5 miles away. Trail of the Ancients - NM passes 2.1 miles off. 84 named places lie within 25 miles, 56 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in New Mexico, United States of America
Wikidata Q49022894, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2287 m
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Trail of the Ancients - NM, National
- 12.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
84 named places within 25 miles
- The Cup: 1.6 mi
- Big Point: 2.4 mi
- Wheat Grass Butte: 3.0 mi
- Red Butte: 4.9 mi
- White Water Mesa: 5.2 mi
- Owl Spring: 1.5 mi
- Blue Water Spring: 3.2 mi
- Many Mexican Spring: 4.7 mi
- Carvco Spring: 9.2 mi
- Ojo del Chopo: 12.0 mi
- Roy T. Herman's Garage: 13.9 mi
- Pinedale Hoodoos: 19.2 mi
- Pinedale Hoodoos: 20.0 mi
- Pinedale Hoodoos: 21.3 mi
- Continental Divide Historical Marker: 14.3 mi
- Continental Divide Historical Marker: 15.8 mi
- Continental Divide Historical Marker: 15.9 mi
- Long Park: 24.8 mi
- Punta Burro: 16.3 mi
- Jim Point: 17.0 mi
- Rancho Perfecto Point: 22.0 mi
- Gumbo Point: 22.1 mi
- Casamero Community ACEC: 9.9 mi
- Bluewater Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 18.8 mi
- New Mexico State Historic Marker: 13.4 mi
- Anaconda, New Mexico: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cream Colored Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Powell | SW 231° | 2,653 m | 10.8 mi |
| Hosta Butte | WNW 285° | 2,628 m | 6.0 mi |
| Salitre Mesa | S 182° | 2,625 m | 23.7 mi |
| San Mateo Mesa | ESE 116° | 2,513 m | 21.6 mi |
| Mesa de Ortega | ESE 114° | 2,506 m | 20.1 mi |
| Mesa de Jaramillo | ESE 112° | 2,498 m | 11.9 mi |
| Big Point | E 79° | 2,495 m | 2.4 mi |
| The Rincon | SW 218° | 2,489 m | 24.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:51 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 19:54 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:37 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:24 | 17:04 |
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 | 35 | 41 | 48 | 56 | 67 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Thoreau 12 SE, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357572405
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