Los Cerritos
Los Cerritos rises to 2,529 m in New Mexico. Turkey Ridge stands 3,558 m to the west-southwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Peñasco Blanco, a peak 0.8 miles away. Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway passes 5.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States.
Wikidata Q49046841, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,529 m
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway
- 12.2 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 13.8 mi off the Jemez Mountain Trail, National
- 16.9 mi off the High Road to Taos
Overlooks nearby
- Frijoles Canyon Viewpoint · 15 mi
- San Diego Canyon Overlook Overlook Site · 22 mi
- Jemez Canyon Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Peñasco Blanco: 0.8 mi
- Mesa del Ojito: 1.1 mi
- Mesa del Terrero: 1.2 mi
- Los Posos: 1.2 mi
- Los Cerros: 1.5 mi
- Nexus: 8.9 mi
- Golondrina: 10.0 mi
- LAM: 10.1 mi
- Post Office Bald Eagle: 10.1 mi
- Oppenheimer and Groves: 10.1 mi
- Puye Cliff Dwellings: 4.9 mi
- Puye Ruins Historical Marker: 5.0 mi
- Los Alamos High School Memorial Garden: 10.0 mi
- John F Kennedy Memorial: 10.0 mi
- Pierotti's Clowns: 10.1 mi
- Los Pueblos Park: 8.8 mi
- Pine Street Playlot: 9.9 mi
- Kiva: 10.0 mi
- Main Gate Park: 10.6 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park: 11.5 mi
- Pine Spring: 4.9 mi
- Armstead Spring: 13.8 mi
- American Spring: 14.2 mi
- Apache Spring: 15.2 mi
- Pajarito Springs: 16.2 mi
- Española: 11.6 mi
- Bond House Historic Site: 11.7 mi
- Chimayo Trading Post Historic Site: 12.5 mi
- SJC: 14.6 mi
- Alcove: 15.7 mi
- Camp May: 10.9 mi
- Ponderosa Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Ampitheater Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
- Las Conchas Picnic Ground: 19.8 mi
- Hans Bethe House: 10.0 mi
- Los Alamos History Museum: 10.1 mi
- Bond House Museum: 11.7 mi
- Georgia O'keefe museum and home: 12.6 mi
- San Ildefonso Pueblo Museum: 13.3 mi
- La Cuchilla de la Monjonera: 2.7 mi
- Gates of Hell: 7.1 mi
- Black Mesa: 16.4 mi
- Cerro Valdez: 17.0 mi
- Water Canyon pour-off: 17.4 mi
- Upper Frijoles Falls: 18.3 mi
- Lower Frijoles Falls: 18.5 mi
- Jemez Falls: 23.3 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 10.1 mi
- White Rock Community Garden: 14.5 mi
- New Mexico Wildlife Center: 15.1 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 24.3 mi
- San Antonio Hot Spring: 20.8 mi
- Spence Hot Spring: 22.8 mi
- Rendija Arch: 8.4 mi
- Buckman: 15.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Los Cerritos. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Ridge | WSW 253° | 3,558 m | 9.6 mi |
| Chicoma Mountain | WSW 256° | 3,517 m | 5.6 mi |
| Polvadera Peak | WNW 289° | 3,419 m | 6.9 mi |
| Cerro Toledo | WSW 255° | 3,323 m | 8.8 mi |
| Cerro de la Garita | W 262° | 3,225 m | 13.7 mi |
| Caballo Mountain | SW 220° | 3,200 m | 6.7 mi |
| Pajarito Mountain | SSW 213° | 3,176 m | 11.6 mi |
| Cerro del Grant | W 268° | 3,174 m | 14.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:48 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:15 | 16:55 |
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 | 30 | 34 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 70 | 67 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Alamos, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357596238
Day trips start here
- Española · 13 mi
- Bandelier National Monument · 17 mi
- Pojoaque · 17 mi
- Chimayó · 20 mi
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