Escobas Mesa
Escobas Mesa rises to 2,233 m in New Mexico. Redondo Peak stands 3,434 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Ponderosa Picnic Area, a picnic site 1.2 miles away. Jemez Mountain Trail passes 1.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49028183, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,233 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Jemez Mountain Trail, National
- 21.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 12.1 mi off the Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway
- 15.9 mi off the El Camino Real, National
Overlooks nearby
- Frijoles Canyon Viewpoint · 4 mi
- San Diego Canyon Overlook Overlook Site · 16 mi
- Jemez Canyon Overlook · 16 mi
- Cross of the Martyrs Hill · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Corky: 4.7 mi
- Tranquility: 4.7 mi
- Multiverse 2020: 4.7 mi
- Touch the Sky: 4.8 mi
- Lucky: 4.8 mi
- Burnt Mesa: 1.6 mi
- Frijoles Mesa: 1.9 mi
- Threemile Mesa: 2.5 mi
- Mesa del Rito: 2.5 mi
- Rabbit Hill: 2.9 mi
- Anasazi Ruins: 4.0 mi
- Long House: 4.4 mi
- John F Kennedy Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Big Kiva: 4.7 mi
- Peggy Pond Church: 4.7 mi
- Kiva: 4.7 mi
- Pine Street Playlot: 5.3 mi
- Main Gate Park: 6.3 mi
- Los Pueblos Park: 6.8 mi
- Natural Park: 7.2 mi
- Alcove: 1.8 mi
- The Narrows: 2.0 mi
- Amphitheater: 3.7 mi
- Alcove House: 3.9 mi
- Exchange Hotel Complex Historic Site: 8.1 mi
- Los Alamos History Museum: 4.9 mi
- Hans Bethe House: 5.0 mi
- San Ildefonso Pueblo Museum: 13.5 mi
- Bond House Museum: 18.7 mi
- Poeh Cultural Center: 19.0 mi
- American Spring: 2.6 mi
- Apache Spring: 2.7 mi
- Armstead Spring: 3.0 mi
- Alamo Spring: 5.1 mi
- Doe Springs: 6.0 mi
- Ponderosa Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
- Ampitheater Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
- Camp May: 6.2 mi
- Las Conchas Picnic Ground: 10.2 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 4.9 mi
- White Rock Community Garden: 7.4 mi
- Colonia Prisma Community Garden: 21.2 mi
- Railyard Community Garden: 23.9 mi
- Biowall: 24.3 mi
- Water Canyon pour-off: 8.0 mi
- Bear Jump: 11.2 mi
- La Cuchilla de la Monjonera: 16.7 mi
- Gates of Hell: 21.4 mi
- Cerro Valdez: 23.0 mi
- Upper Frijoles Falls: 6.0 mi
- Lower Frijoles Falls: 6.2 mi
- Jemez Falls: 14.9 mi
- New Mexico Wildlife Center: 20.4 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 21.6 mi
- New Mexico Land Conservancy: 23.7 mi
- Buckman: 10.1 mi
- Bonanza City: 23.6 mi
- Spence Hot Spring: 16.2 mi
- San Antonio Hot Spring: 18.8 mi
- Rendija Arch: 6.4 mi
- La Bajada Rest Area: 22.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Escobas Mesa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redondo Peak | WNW 286° | 3,434 m | 12.8 mi |
| South Mountain | W 277° | 3,265 m | 10.7 mi |
| Caballo Mountain | N 352° | 3,200 m | 9.3 mi |
| Pajarito Mountain | NW 325° | 3,176 m | 5.7 mi |
| Cerro Rubio | NNW 339° | 3,169 m | 9.3 mi |
| Cerros del Abrigo | NW 316° | 3,148 m | 10.8 mi |
| Cerro Grande | NW 311° | 3,098 m | 5.3 mi |
| Shell Mountain | NNW 339° | 3,098 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:48 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:16 | 16:56 |
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 | 34 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 70 | 67 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Alamos, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 906182 — Escobas Mesa, Los Alamos County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357594130
Day trips start here
- Bandelier National Monument · 3 mi
- Pojoaque · 19 mi
- Española · 20 mi
- Santa Fe · 24 mi
- Chimayó · 26 mi
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