Guaje Mountain
Guaje Mountain rises to 2,313 m in New Mexico. Turkey Ridge stands 3,558 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Barranca Mesa, a peak 1.3 miles away. Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway passes 4.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49034237, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,313 m
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway
- 7.4 mi off the Jemez Mountain Trail, National
- 13.7 mi off the High Road to Taos
- 13.4 mi off the El Camino Real, National
Overlooks nearby
- Frijoles Canyon Viewpoint · 10 mi
- San Diego Canyon Overlook Overlook Site · 20 mi
- Jemez Canyon Overlook · 20 mi
- Cross of the Martyrs Hill · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Nexus: 2.1 mi
- LAM: 2.8 mi
- Post Office Bald Eagle: 3.0 mi
- LANB sculpture: 3.0 mi
- Oppenheimer and Groves: 3.0 mi
- Barranca Mesa: 1.3 mi
- North Mesa: 2.1 mi
- Thanksgiving Rock: 2.9 mi
- South Mesa: 3.6 mi
- Mesita de Los Alamos: 3.8 mi
- Pierotti's Clowns: 3.0 mi
- Los Alamos Education Group Monument: 3.1 mi
- Peggy Pond Church: 3.1 mi
- Los Alamos High School Memorial Garden: 3.2 mi
- John F Kennedy Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Los Pueblos Park: 1.5 mi
- Pine Street Playlot: 2.6 mi
- Kiva: 3.3 mi
- Main Gate Park: 3.5 mi
- Fire Station Fountain: 7.6 mi
- Alcove: 8.5 mi
- The Narrows: 8.6 mi
- Amphitheater: 8.7 mi
- Alcove House: 9.2 mi
- Bond House Historic Site: 12.0 mi
- Pine Spring: 2.4 mi
- Armstead Spring: 8.0 mi
- American Spring: 8.2 mi
- Apache Spring: 9.1 mi
- Pajarito Springs: 9.3 mi
- Hans Bethe House: 2.9 mi
- Los Alamos History Museum: 3.0 mi
- San Ildefonso Pueblo Museum: 9.3 mi
- Bond House Museum: 12.0 mi
- Poeh Cultural Center: 15.2 mi
- Camp May: 6.8 mi
- Ponderosa Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
- Ampitheater Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
- Las Conchas Picnic Ground: 15.5 mi
- La Cuchilla de la Monjonera: 9.7 mi
- Water Canyon pour-off: 10.3 mi
- Gates of Hell: 13.6 mi
- Bear Jump: 18.9 mi
- Cerro Valdez: 20.5 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 3.0 mi
- White Rock Community Garden: 7.6 mi
- Colonia Prisma Community Garden: 24.1 mi
- Railyard Community Garden: 24.9 mi
- Upper Frijoles Falls: 11.0 mi
- Lower Frijoles Falls: 11.2 mi
- Jemez Falls: 19.8 mi
- Rio en Medio Falls: 24.3 mi
- New Mexico Wildlife Center: 14.5 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 23.7 mi
- Spence Hot Spring: 20.2 mi
- San Antonio Hot Spring: 20.4 mi
- Rendija Arch: 3.1 mi
- Buckman: 8.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Guaje Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Ridge | WNW 296° | 3,558 m | 10.6 mi |
| Chicoma Mountain | NW 316° | 3,517 m | 8.3 mi |
| Polvadera Peak | NW 324° | 3,419 m | 11.8 mi |
| Cerro Toledo | WNW 300° | 3,323 m | 10.2 mi |
| Caballo Mountain | WNW 295° | 3,200 m | 5.2 mi |
| Pajarito Mountain | WSW 251° | 3,176 m | 7.1 mi |
| Cerro Rubio | WNW 284° | 3,169 m | 7.0 mi |
| Cerros del Abrigo | W 274° | 3,148 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:48 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:16 | 16:55 |
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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357606088
Day trips start here
- Bandelier National Monument · 10 mi
- Española · 13 mi
- Pojoaque · 15 mi
- Chimayó · 20 mi
- Santa Fe · 25 mi
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