Loma de las Cañas
Loma de las Cañas rises to 1,785 m in New Mexico. Timber Peak stands 3,181 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Ojo del Rancho de Lopez, a spring 4.2 miles away. Quebradas Back Country Byway passes 1.1 miles off. 127 named places lie within 25 miles, 52 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49045944, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,785 m
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Quebradas Back Country Byway
- 7.7 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 7.6 mi off the Socorro Historical District Scenic Byway
- 28.2 mi off the Abo Pass Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Flight Deck · 18 mi
- Eagle Scout Deck · 19 mi
- Dabbler Deck · 19 mi
127 named places within 25 miles
- Cerros de Amado: 4.4 mi
- Minas del Chupadero: 5.1 mi
- Cerrillos del Coyote: 5.8 mi
- Cuesta de la McBride: 7.7 mi
- Johnson Hill: 8.2 mi
- Ojo del Rancho de Lopez: 4.2 mi
- Bursum Spring: 5.5 mi
- Ojo del Coyote: 5.9 mi
- Ojo de la Parida: 7.1 mi
- Cook Spring: 10.4 mi
- Isidro Baca Park Veterans' Memorial: 7.8 mi
- World War II Bataan Memorial: 7.8 mi
- Jumbo Fragment: 7.8 mi
- New Mexico Tech Land Donors Plaque: 8.5 mi
- NM School of Mines World War II Memorial: 8.5 mi
- M Mountain Mural: 7.7 mi
- Searching for an Oasis: 7.7 mi
- Crane Mural: 7.8 mi
- Isidro Baca Park Marker: 7.8 mi
- Socorro History Wheel: 7.9 mi
- School of Mines Heritage Park: 8.0 mi
- Sedillo Park: 8.2 mi
- West Place Park: 8.2 mi
- NMT Alumni Hill Park: 8.8 mi
- San Antonio Park: 11.4 mi
- Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Depot: 7.3 mi
- Socorro Peak "M": 11.7 mi
- Sarracino Hall: 14.3 mi
- Mancy Mine: 14.3 mi
- Brown Hall Rose Garden: 8.5 mi
- Dowdle Family Memorial Garden: 8.7 mi
- López Rose Garden: 8.7 mi
- Hammel Museum: 7.8 mi
- New Mexico Bureau of Geology Mineral Museum: 8.6 mi
- Sandbar Riverine Park: 6.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Loma de las Cañas. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timber Peak | WSW 258° | 3,181 m | 23.6 mi |
| North Baldy | W 270° | 3,003 m | 24.3 mi |
| Buck Peak | WSW 258° | 2,764 m | 21.9 mi |
| Italian Peak | WSW 250° | 2,752 m | 24.1 mi |
| Molino Peak | WSW 252° | 2,701 m | 21.9 mi |
| Polvadera Mountain | NW 304° | 2,209 m | 16.5 mi |
| Socorro Peak (East) | W 278° | 2,208 m | 11.8 mi |
| Rayo Hills | NE 49° | 2,205 m | 24.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 19:45 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:24 | 17:02 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 44 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Socorro, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 897998 — Loma de la Cañas, Socorro County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357583209
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