El Tintero
El Tintero rises to 2,197 m in New Mexico. Mount Taylor stands 3,449 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Haystack Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Trail of the Ancients - NM passes 3.1 miles off.
The story
mountain in New Mexico, United States of America
Wikidata Q49027479, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2197 m
How to reach it
- 3.1 mi off the Trail of the Ancients - NM, National
- 3.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 24.1 mi off the Chain of Craters Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Lava Caves (entry forbidden) · 25 mi
- lava caves (no entry) · 26 mi
- lava caves (no entry) · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Haystack Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Two Fault Butte: 3.0 mi
- Mesa Montanosa: 4.2 mi
- Goat Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Flat Mesa: 4.8 mi
- Twin Spring: 18.0 mi
- Mirabel Spring: 18.1 mi
- Cienega Spring (Mud Hole Spring): 18.5 mi
- Many Mexican Spring: 19.3 mi
- Owl Spring: 19.5 mi
- Josephine Elkins Park: 10.8 mi
- McElroy Park: 11.6 mi
- Neighborhood Park: 13.1 mi
- Smokey Circle: 13.3 mi
- Fire and Ice Park: 13.3 mi
- Punta Burro: 11.3 mi
- Jim Point: 11.8 mi
- Rancho Perfecto Point: 17.4 mi
- Lookout Mountain Rim: 22.0 mi
- Bandera Crater: 24.4 mi
- Western New Mexico Aviation Heritage Museum: 11.8 mi
- Cibola County History Museum: 13.4 mi
- Cibola County History Museum: 13.4 mi
- New Mexico Mining Museum: 13.4 mi
- Mount Taylor Historic Marker: 13.3 mi
- San Rafael Historical marker: 15.3 mi
- Grants Historic Marker: 15.4 mi
- New Mexico State Historic Marker: 16.5 mi
- Bluewater Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 6.1 mi
- Casamero Community ACEC: 9.0 mi
- Route 66 Drive-Thru Neon Sign: 13.4 mi
- Roy T. Herman's Garage: 16.6 mi
- Anaconda, New Mexico: 5.6 mi
- Jesus: 11.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of El Tintero. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Taylor | ESE 109° | 3,449 m | 19.9 mi |
| Cerro Venada | E 101° | 2,824 m | 19.2 mi |
| Mount Sedgwick | SW 218° | 2,819 m | 14.0 mi |
| Microwave Ridge | ESE 117° | 2,807 m | 21.7 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | WSW 247° | 2,777 m | 20.6 mi |
| Mount Powell | WNW 299° | 2,653 m | 19.1 mi |
| Gallo Peak | S 182° | 2,642 m | 21.4 mi |
| Salitre Mesa | SW 231° | 2,625 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 19:53 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:37 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357591474
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