El Punto
El Punto rises to 2,289 m in New Mexico. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Placer Mountain, a peak 2.4 miles away. Turquoise Trail passes 0.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49027459, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,289 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Turquoise Trail, National
- 12.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 13.5 mi off the Sandia Crest Byway
- 14.4 mi off the El Camino Real, National
Overlooks nearby
- Village Vista · 10 mi
- Madera Overlook · 13 mi
- Balsam Glade Nature Tr - La Madera Canyon Overlook · 13 mi
- Pino Canyon Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Placer Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Cerro Columbo: 3.7 mi
- San Pedro Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Cunningham Hill: 4.2 mi
- Oro Quay Peak: 4.7 mi
- Fan Pole: 7.0 mi
- Horse: 8.5 mi
- BME: 12.0 mi
- ☮: 12.3 mi
- Happy Firetruck: 15.3 mi
- Golden Open Space: 7.3 mi
- Oscar Huber Memorial Ball Park: 7.5 mi
- Golden Openspace: 7.7 mi
- Cerrillos Children's Park: 9.6 mi
- Gutierrez Canyon Open Space: 15.0 mi
- Las Huertas Picnic Grounds: 13.1 mi
- Doc Long Picnic Ground: 13.7 mi
- Capulin Springs Picnic Ground: 13.8 mi
- Sulphur Canyon Picnic Ground: 13.8 mi
- Capulin Picnic Ground: 13.8 mi
- CERRILLOS - Official Scenic Historical Marker: 9.7 mi
- Pa-ako ruins: 9.9 mi
- Official Scenic Historic Marker: 13.0 mi
- Mormon Battalion: 13.1 mi
- Kief: 14.1 mi
- Yoh toh: 10.8 mi
- Tunnel Spring: 13.6 mi
- Capulin Spring: 13.8 mi
- Sulphur Canyon Spring: 13.8 mi
- Tree Spring: 14.0 mi
- Henderson Store: 3.2 mi
- Madrid Boarding House Historic Site: 7.2 mi
- Cerrillos Opera House Historic Site: 9.7 mi
- abandoned mine marker: 11.4 mi
- TWA Flight 260: 15.9 mi
- Madrid Museum (Old coal town): 7.1 mi
- Cerrillos Turquoise Mining Museum: 9.7 mi
- Tinkertown Museum: 13.6 mi
- Museum of Archaeology and Material Culture: 14.9 mi
- Museum of the American Military Family: 18.7 mi
- Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 16.3 mi
- Wildlife West Nature Park: 16.4 mi
- Santa Fe Conservation Trust: 17.1 mi
- Galisteo Basin Preserve: 17.8 mi
- Rio Rancho Bosque Nature Preserve: 21.8 mi
- The Haozous Garden: 21.9 mi
- Japanese Memorial Garden: 22.8 mi
- Desert Oasis Teaching Garden: 22.9 mi
- Biowall: 23.4 mi
- Colonia Prisma Community Garden: 23.6 mi
- Hagan: 6.5 mi
- Waldo: 10.0 mi
- Bonanza City: 17.1 mi
- Devils Throne: 10.1 mi
- Garden of the Gods: 11.5 mi
- White Bluffs: 17.8 mi
- La Bajada Rest Area: 15.2 mi
- Travertine Falls: 18.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of El Punto. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandia Crest | WSW 244° | 3,255 m | 15.7 mi |
| North Sandia Peak | WSW 251° | 3,184 m | 15.4 mi |
| The Needle | WSW 249° | 3,127 m | 15.7 mi |
| The Thumb | WSW 243° | 3,081 m | 16.1 mi |
| The Chimney | WSW 245° | 3,051 m | 15.9 mi |
| Tombstone | WSW 247° | 3,048 m | 15.6 mi |
| Jawbone | WSW 238° | 3,014 m | 15.7 mi |
| South Sandia Peak | SW 225° | 2,982 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:46 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:18 | 16:57 |
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 | 35 | 40 | 49 | 57 | 66 | 68 | 66 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sandia Park, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357573230
Day trips start here
- Madrid · 7 mi
- Cedar Crest · 17 mi
- Edgewood · 17 mi
- Bernalillo · 20 mi
- Albuquerque · 30 mi
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