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Day Mesa

Day Mesa, seen from above at true elevation

Day Mesa rises to 1,736 m in New Mexico. Chuska Peak stands 2,624 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Grey Hill Spring, a spring 9.5 miles away. Trail of the Ancients - NM passes 7.6 miles off. 55 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q49023767, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1736 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.15834, -108.57203

55 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 24
  • Grey Hill Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Cottonwood Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Missionary Springs: 15.6 mi
  • 12R-160 Spring: 15.7 mi
  • 12R-161 Owl Spring: 15.9 mi
Attractions: 15
  • Chocolate Hoodoos: 19.9 mi
  • Flat Top: 20.3 mi
  • Stone Wings: 20.4 mi
  • Hoodoos: 20.7 mi
  • Bisti Arch: 20.7 mi
Peaks: 13
Artworks: 1
  • Newcomb N: 11.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Narbona Pass Picnic Area: 18.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Day Mesa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chuska PeakSW 218°2,624 m24.0 mi
Deza BluffsSSW 213°2,519 m20.9 mi
Separate HillSSW 209°2,159 m25.0 mi
White RockE 99°1,985 m17.2 mi
Two Grey Hills / Bis Dah ŁitsoWNW 293°1,984 m15.8 mi
Red HillESE 106°1,938 m18.6 mi
Bennett PeakNNW 328°1,931 m17.7 mi
Tsin-nas-kidWNW 303°1,911 m18.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5219:26
June solstice05:5819:5720:35
September equinox07:0318:3919:13
December solstice07:2216:2417:04

Local time (America/Denver).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 898757 — Day Mesa, San Juan County, New Mexico.

OpenStreetMap element node/357583981

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