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El Cerrito Santa Cruz

El Cerrito Santa Cruz, seen from above at true elevation

El Cerrito Santa Cruz rises to 1,812 m in New Mexico. Punta de la Mesa de San Juan Jose stands 2,322 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is La Cabra Mesa, a peak 3.6 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 9.8 miles off. 60 named places lie within 25 miles, 51 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q49027405, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1812 m

How to reach it

Coordinates35.13616, -105.33723

60 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 51
Parks: 2
Nature reserves: 1
Artworks: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Punta de la Mesa de San Juan JoseNNW 331°2,322 m20.5 mi
Hurtado MesaNW 321°2,270 m19.0 mi
Mesa de AguilarW 270°2,258 m15.0 mi
Mesa de la MulaW 280°2,202 m15.7 mi
Mesa las TapiaWSW 250°2,159 m17.7 mi
Starvation PeakN 2°2,143 m16.6 mi
Mesa PortreroW 278°2,135 m12.3 mi
Mesa Las TapiasWSW 247°2,133 m16.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:4019:13
June solstice05:4819:4220:20
September equinox06:5018:2619:00
December solstice07:0716:1516:54

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384047536271757266564537
Precip in0.50.50.81.01.51.63.22.82.11.30.71.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Villanueva, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357594029

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