Little Mesa
Little Mesa rises to 2,479 m in New Mexico. Fishers Peak stands 2,920 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Horse Shoe Mesa, a peak 0.4 miles away. Santa Fe Trail passes 9.6 miles off.
The story
mountain in New Mexico, United States of America
Wikidata Q49045139, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2479 m
How to reach it
- 9.6 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
- 19.7 mi off the Scenic Highway of Legends, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Horse Shoe Mesa: 0.4 mi
- Barela Mesa: 3.9 mi
- Towndrow Peak: 3.9 mi
- Dale Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Horse Mesa: 4.9 mi
- Sugarite Canyon State Park: 6.7 mi
- Sugarite Canyon: 6.9 mi
- Romero Park: 9.9 mi
- Optimist Park East: 10.2 mi
- Roundhouse Memorial Park: 10.4 mi
- Raton Museum: 10.6 mi
- Scouting Museum: 10.7 mi
- Baca Pioneer Museum: 19.5 mi
- Trinidad History Museum: 19.5 mi
- A.R. Mitchell Museum of Western Art: 19.6 mi
- Coal Camp Ruins: 6.6 mi
- Sugarite Canyon State Park: 6.7 mi
- New Mexico / Colorado state line: 12.6 mi
- The Ludlow Massacre: 22.3 mi
- north finial: 10.6 mi
- south finial: 10.6 mi
- Raton: 10.8 mi
- Star: 10.8 mi
- Folsom Museum Historic Site: 20.7 mi
- Prestons Point: 11.0 mi
- Prospect Point: 20.6 mi
- Fishers Peak State Park: 13.9 mi
- Trinidad Lake State Park: 21.0 mi
- Trinchera Falls: 19.7 mi
- El Moro Rest Area: 22.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Little Mesa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fishers Peak | NW 311° | 2,920 m | 14.5 mi |
| Fishers Peak Mesa | NW 309° | 2,887 m | 13.3 mi |
| Little Fishers Peak Mesa | NW 307° | 2,747 m | 9.0 mi |
| Bartlett Mesa | WNW 282° | 2,709 m | 9.7 mi |
| Burro Mesa | NW 323° | 2,666 m | 7.5 mi |
| Horse Mesa | WNW 295° | 2,662 m | 4.9 mi |
| Bobblers Knob | WNW 289° | 2,661 m | 8.1 mi |
| Johnson Mesa | SW 227° | 2,636 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:42 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 16:04 | 16:45 |
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 | 26 | 28 | 35 | 42 | 51 | 60 | 64 | 62 | 56 | 46 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lake Maloya, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 897397 — Little Mesa, Colfax County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357582775
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