Lone Mountain
Lone Mountain rises to 2,228 m in New Mexico. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Captain Davis Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 15 miles off.
The story
mountain in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States
Wikidata Q49046147, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2228 m
How to reach it
- 14.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 5.3 mi off the Turquoise Trail, National
- 14.8 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 17.5 mi off the Salt Missions Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Village Vista · 9 mi
- Madera Overlook · 18 mi
- Balsam Glade Nature Tr - La Madera Canyon Overlook · 18 mi
- Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Captain Davis Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Cunningham Hill: 2.4 mi
- Placer Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Los Cobreros Mesa: 4.1 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Oscar Huber Memorial Ball Park: 7.2 mi
- Cerrillos Children's Park: 8.6 mi
- Garden of the Gods Historical Marker: 9.2 mi
- Southern Rockies Historical Marker: 10.7 mi
- Galisteo Pueblo Historical Marker: 10.7 mi
- Fan Pole: 7.0 mi
- Horse: 7.7 mi
- BME: 12.7 mi
- Moon Crescent: 15.5 mi
- ☮: 16.3 mi
- CERRILLOS - Official Scenic Historical Marker: 8.5 mi
- Pa-ako ruins: 14.0 mi
- Official Scenic Historic Marker: 15.9 mi
- Official Scenic Historic Marker: 15.9 mi
- x: 16.5 mi
- Doc Long Picnic Ground: 17.9 mi
- Doc Long Picnic Ground: 17.9 mi
- Las Huertas Picnic Grounds: 18.0 mi
- Sulphur Canyon Picnic Ground: 18.0 mi
- Cienega Canyon Picnic Ground: 18.3 mi
- Yoh toh: 9.7 mi
- Sulphur Canyon Spring: 18.0 mi
- Wolf Spring: 18.5 mi
- Capulin Spring: 18.5 mi
- Tree Spring: 18.5 mi
- Henderson Store: 6.8 mi
- Madrid Boarding House Historic Site: 7.0 mi
- Cerrillos Opera House Historic Site: 8.7 mi
- abandoned mine marker: 10.6 mi
- Mountain Village: 17.8 mi
- Madrid Museum (Old coal town): 6.9 mi
- Cerrillos Turquoise Mining Museum: 8.7 mi
- Pflueger: 17.3 mi
- Tinkertown Museum: 17.7 mi
- Tinkertown Museum: 17.7 mi
- Santa Fe Conservation Trust: 12.8 mi
- Galisteo Basin Preserve: 13.8 mi
- Wildlife West Nature Park: 17.5 mi
- Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 20.0 mi
- Eldorado's Community Preserve: 20.4 mi
- Garden of the Gods: 9.2 mi
- Devils Throne: 9.3 mi
- White Bluffs: 12.7 mi
- Waldo: 9.7 mi
- Hagan: 11.6 mi
- Bonanza City: 15.9 mi
- The Haozous Garden: 19.7 mi
- Biowall: 21.2 mi
- Colonia Prisma Community Garden: 22.0 mi
- La Bajada Rest Area: 15.1 mi
- Travertine Falls: 22.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Lone Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandia Crest | WSW 250° | 3,255 m | 20.5 mi |
| North Sandia Peak | WSW 255° | 3,184 m | 20.4 mi |
| The Needle | WSW 254° | 3,127 m | 20.6 mi |
| The Thumb | WSW 249° | 3,081 m | 20.9 mi |
| The Chimney | WSW 251° | 3,051 m | 20.7 mi |
| Tombstone | WSW 252° | 3,048 m | 20.5 mi |
| Jawbone | WSW 245° | 3,014 m | 20.4 mi |
| South Sandia Peak | SW 234° | 2,982 m | 22.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:43 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:46 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:29 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:17 | 16:56 |
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 | 31 | 35 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stanley 2 NNE, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357576423
Day trips start here
- Madrid · 7 mi
- Edgewood · 18 mi
- Cedar Crest · 21 mi
- Bernalillo · 25 mi
- Santa Fe · 28 mi
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