Los Posos
Los Posos rises to 2,476 m in New Mexico. Turkey Ridge stands 3,558 m to the west-southwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Mesa del Terrero, a peak 0.6 miles away. Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway passes 6.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in New Mexico, United States of America
Wikidata Q49046873, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2476 m
How to reach it
- 6.0 mi off the Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway
- 13.3 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 13.6 mi off the Jemez Mountain Trail, National
- 18.0 mi off the High Road to Taos
Overlooks nearby
- Frijoles Canyon Viewpoint · 15 mi
- San Diego Canyon Overlook Overlook Site · 21 mi
- Jemez Canyon Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mesa del Terrero: 0.6 mi
- Mesa del Ojito: 1.1 mi
- Los Cerritos: 1.2 mi
- Peñasco Blanco: 1.2 mi
- Los Cerros: 2.7 mi
- Nexus: 9.0 mi
- Golondrina: 10.2 mi
- Touch the Sky: 10.3 mi
- Oppenheimer and Groves: 10.3 mi
- Post Office Bald Eagle: 10.3 mi
- Los Pueblos Park: 9.2 mi
- Kiva: 10.0 mi
- Pine Street Playlot: 10.1 mi
- Main Gate Park: 11.1 mi
- Dominguez-Velez de Escalente Trail Historical Marker: 12.2 mi
- Puye Cliff Dwellings: 5.9 mi
- Puye Ruins Historical Marker: 6.0 mi
- Los Alamos High School Memorial Garden: 10.1 mi
- John F Kennedy Memorial: 10.1 mi
- Pierotti's Clowns: 10.3 mi
- Pine Spring: 5.3 mi
- Armstead Spring: 13.6 mi
- American Spring: 14.0 mi
- Apache Spring: 15.0 mi
- Alamo Spring: 15.9 mi
- Tsi’pin Ruins trailhead (permit required via Coyote Ranger Station): 11.3 mi
- Española: 12.9 mi
- Bond House Historic Site: 12.9 mi
- Chimayo Trading Post Historic Site: 13.7 mi
- SJC: 15.7 mi
- Camp May: 10.5 mi
- Ponderosa Picnic Area: 14.0 mi
- Ampitheater Picnic Area: 16.3 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
- Las Conchas Picnic Ground: 19.2 mi
- Hans Bethe House: 10.2 mi
- Los Alamos History Museum: 10.3 mi
- Georgia O'keefe museum and home: 12.2 mi
- Bond House Museum: 12.9 mi
- San Ildefonso Pueblo Museum: 14.3 mi
- La Cuchilla de la Monjonera: 2.0 mi
- Gates of Hell: 7.7 mi
- Cerro Valdez: 15.8 mi
- Black Mesa: 17.2 mi
- Water Canyon pour-off: 18.0 mi
- Upper Frijoles Falls: 18.7 mi
- Lower Frijoles Falls: 18.9 mi
- Jemez Falls: 22.5 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 10.3 mi
- White Rock Community Garden: 15.1 mi
- New Mexico Wildlife Center: 16.3 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 23.3 mi
- San Antonio Hot Spring: 19.8 mi
- Spence Hot Spring: 21.9 mi
- Rendija Arch: 8.4 mi
- Buckman: 15.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Los Posos. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Ridge | WSW 250° | 3,558 m | 8.5 mi |
| Chicoma Mountain | WSW 249° | 3,517 m | 4.5 mi |
| Polvadera Peak | WNW 290° | 3,419 m | 5.7 mi |
| Cerro Toledo | WSW 251° | 3,323 m | 7.7 mi |
| Cerro de la Garita | W 260° | 3,225 m | 12.6 mi |
| Caballo Mountain | SSW 211° | 3,200 m | 6.2 mi |
| Pajarito Mountain | SSW 208° | 3,176 m | 11.2 mi |
| Cerro del Grant | W 267° | 3,174 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| 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 | 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 908227 — Los Posos, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357596264
Day trips start here
- Española · 14 mi
- Bandelier National Monument · 17 mi
- Pojoaque · 19 mi
- Chimayó · 21 mi
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