Los Cerritos
Los Cerritos rises to 2,532 m in New Mexico. Turkey Ridge stands 3,558 m to the southwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Loma Parda, a peak 1.3 miles away. Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49046842, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,532 m
How to reach it
- 10.6 mi off the Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway
- 16.1 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 16.5 mi off the Jemez Mountain Trail, National
- 22.5 mi off the High Road to Taos
Overlooks nearby
- Frijoles Canyon Viewpoint · 18 mi
- San Diego Canyon Overlook Overlook Site · 22 mi
- Jemez Canyon Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Loma Parda: 1.3 mi
- Cerrito Chato: 2.1 mi
- Cerrito del Chibato: 2.6 mi
- El Lagunito Palo Quemador: 2.9 mi
- Cerro Pelon: 3.3 mi
- Pink Flamingo: 8.7 mi
- Nexus: 13.2 mi
- Golondrina: 14.3 mi
- Touch the Sky: 14.5 mi
- Lucky: 14.5 mi
- Tsi-p'in-owinge' Pueblo Ruins: 7.3 mi
- Old Spanish Trail Historical Marker: 8.5 mi
- Abiquiu Historical Marker: 8.7 mi
- Poshuoinge: 9.8 mi
- Puye Cliff Dwellings: 10.6 mi
- Pine Spring: 9.9 mi
- Ojitos de los Gatos: 16.0 mi
- Armstead Spring: 16.9 mi
- American Spring: 17.3 mi
- Apache Spring: 18.3 mi
- Los Pueblos Park: 13.7 mi
- Kiva: 14.1 mi
- Pine Street Playlot: 14.4 mi
- Valles Caldera National Preserve: 14.6 mi
- Main Gate Park: 15.7 mi
- Abiquiu Dam Visitor Center: 11.3 mi
- Española: 16.6 mi
- Bond House Historic Site: 16.6 mi
- Chimayo Trading Post Historic Site: 17.4 mi
- SJC: 17.7 mi
- Camp May: 13.3 mi
- Ponderosa Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- Ampitheater Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
- Las Conchas Picnic Ground: 21.0 mi
- Echo Amphitheater Picnic Site: 21.0 mi
- Georgia O'keefe museum and home: 8.6 mi
- Hans Bethe House: 14.4 mi
- Los Alamos History Museum: 14.5 mi
- Bond House Museum: 16.6 mi
- Florence Hawley Ellis Museum of Anthropology: 18.0 mi
- La Cuchilla de la Monjonera: 3.0 mi
- Gates of Hell: 8.1 mi
- Cerro Valdez: 12.5 mi
- Black Mesa: 18.0 mi
- Water Canyon pour-off: 22.5 mi
- Upper Frijoles Falls: 23.0 mi
- Lower Frijoles Falls: 23.2 mi
- Jemez Falls: 23.6 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 14.5 mi
- White Rock Community Garden: 19.7 mi
- San Antonio Hot Spring: 19.0 mi
- Spence Hot Spring: 22.4 mi
- New Mexico Wildlife Center: 20.1 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 22.4 mi
- Rendija Arch: 12.2 mi
- Buckman: 20.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Los Cerritos. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Ridge | SW 218° | 3,558 m | 8.7 mi |
| Chicoma Mountain | SSW 196° | 3,517 m | 5.7 mi |
| Polvadera Peak | SW 235° | 3,419 m | 3.3 mi |
| Cerro Toledo | SW 215° | 3,323 m | 7.9 mi |
| Cerro de la Garita | WSW 238° | 3,225 m | 11.5 mi |
| Caballo Mountain | S 183° | 3,200 m | 9.2 mi |
| Pajarito Mountain | S 190° | 3,176 m | 14.0 mi |
| Cerro del Grant | WSW 246° | 3,174 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:48 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:16 | 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 | 49 | 58 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Abiquiu DAM, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 908201 — Los Cerritos, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357596242
Day trips start here
- Española · 17 mi
- Bandelier National Monument · 21 mi
- Pojoaque · 23 mi
- Chimayó · 25 mi
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