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La Mesita

La Mesita, seen from above at true elevation

La Mesita rises to 1,619 m in New Mexico. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the south, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Santa Ana Mesa, a peak 3.9 miles away. El Camino Real runs past it.

About

The story

mountain in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States

Wikidata Q49043055, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1619 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates35.44309, -106.43225

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Attractions: 38
Picnic sites: 24
  • Jemez Canyon Dam Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
  • Las Huertas Picnic Grounds: 14.4 mi
  • Tetilla Peak Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
  • Capulin Springs Picnic Ground: 15.7 mi
  • Capulin Picnic Ground: 15.7 mi
Historic sites: 23
Springs: 22
  • Tunnel Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Piedra Lisa Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Cochiti Springs: 12.4 mi
  • Osha Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Media Spring: 14.3 mi
Artworks: 20
  • Marian Shrine: 11.0 mi
  • Fan Pole: 15.7 mi
  • Horse: 16.8 mi
  • Rams: 18.2 mi
  • ☮: 19.1 mi
Museums: 9
Gardens: 7
  • Water Wise Demonstration Garden: 19.1 mi
  • Japanese Memorial Garden: 21.2 mi
  • Desert Oasis Teaching Garden: 21.3 mi
  • Albuquerque Rose Garden: 24.1 mi
  • Wildlife Habitat: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Nature reserves: 3
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Lower Frijoles Falls: 24.0 mi
  • Travertine Falls: 24.1 mi
  • Upper Frijoles Falls: 24.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of La Mesita. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sandia CrestS 183°3,255 m16.1 mi
North Sandia PeakS 185°3,184 m14.4 mi
The NeedleS 186°3,127 m15.0 mi
The ThumbS 184°3,081 m16.5 mi
The ChimneyS 184°3,051 m15.9 mi
TombstoneS 184°3,048 m15.4 mi
JawboneS 181°3,014 m17.5 mi
Hail PeakS 182°2,947 m17.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4419:18
June solstice05:5219:4720:25
September equinox06:5418:3119:04
December solstice07:1216:1816:57

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343947546374787669564435
Precip in0.40.40.50.40.40.51.21.91.01.00.50.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jemez DAM, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357575986

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