Little Blue Mesa
Little Blue Mesa rises to 2,058 m in New Mexico. Cabezon Peak stands 2,373 m to the southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Sheep Queen Hill, a peak 3.6 miles away. Jemez Mountain Trail passes 20 miles off. 69 named places lie within 25 miles, 52 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49044694, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,058 m
How to reach it
- 19.6 mi off the Jemez Mountain Trail, National
- 52.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
69 named places within 25 miles
- Sheep Queen Hill: 3.6 mi
- Mesa de San Felipe: 3.6 mi
- Ojo Encino Mesa: 4.4 mi
- Eagle Mesa: 6.6 mi
- Black Mountain: 8.1 mi
- Ojo Jarido Spring: 15.3 mi
- Jones Canyon Spring: 17.8 mi
- Ramona Spring: 18.0 mi
- Ojo Soccoro: 18.8 mi
- Ojo Sandoval: 18.9 mi
- Cliff Dwelling: 19.6 mi
- San Juan Basin: 21.4 mi
- Cuba Historic Marker: 22.4 mi
- Cuba: 23.2 mi
- Sandoval County Event Center: 21.7 mi
- Saint Francis of Assisi Park: 23.5 mi
- Cabezon: 21.7 mi
- Cuba Rams: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Little Blue Mesa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cabezon Peak | SE 145° | 2,373 m | 23.3 mi |
| Bear Mouth | S 169° | 2,334 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mesa de Cuba | ENE 61° | 2,300 m | 20.6 mi |
| Cerro Parido | S 178° | 2,292 m | 19.4 mi |
| Chaco Mesa | WSW 238° | 2,276 m | 10.5 mi |
| Mesa Portales | E 87° | 2,267 m | 16.1 mi |
| Sisnathyel Mesa | NNW 348° | 2,263 m | 16.1 mi |
| Deer Mesa | N 0° | 2,254 m | 13.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 19:52 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:20 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 33 | 40 | 46 | 55 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 49 | 37 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Star Lake, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 899723 — Little Blue Mesa, McKinley County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357586070
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