Mesa de la Jarita
Mesa de la Jarita rises to 2,641 m in New Mexico. Canjilon Mountain stands 3,326 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Rock, a peak 4.5 miles away. Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off. 124 named places lie within 25 miles, 51 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in New Mexico, United States of America
Wikidata Q49049383, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2641 m
How to reach it
- 23.2 mi off the Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway
- 24.8 mi off the Wild Rivers Back Country Scenic Byway
- 28.2 mi off the High Road to Taos
Overlooks nearby
- Chawalauna Overlook · 26 mi
- Sheep Crossing · 29 mi
124 named places within 25 miles
- Big Rock: 4.5 mi
- Petaca Mesa: 5.2 mi
- Petaca Peak: 5.6 mi
- Valle Grande Peak: 6.5 mi
- Red Mesa: 6.7 mi
- Yolanda Spring: 12.0 mi
- Butterfly Spring: 12.1 mi
- Sierra Spring: 12.7 mi
- Ojito Azul: 13.2 mi
- East Sisneras Spring: 13.3 mi
- Senator Matias L. Chacon Recreational Park: 12.4 mi
- El Rito Historical Marker: 12.4 mi
- Hopewell Lake Day Use Area: 16.8 mi
- Rio Grande Rift Historical Marker: 18.9 mi
- Rio Grande Gorge Historical Marker: 19.8 mi
- Delgado Hall Historic Site: 11.9 mi
- Earthship Community: 18.1 mi
- Dawn Treader Stargate Earthship: 19.5 mi
- Rio Grande Gorge Bridge: 19.5 mi
- Rio Grande Gorge Bridge: 19.6 mi
- Historic Arroyo Aguaje Bridge: 12.6 mi
- Ojo Caliente Historical Marker: 13.4 mi
- Posi Pueblo: 13.6 mi
- Rio Grande Gorge State Park: 19.4 mi
- Poshuoinge: 22.2 mi
- Aldo Leopold House: 12.6 mi
- Davy Museum: 17.0 mi
- Classical Gas Museum: 21.1 mi
- Georgia O'keefe museum and home: 23.7 mi
- Ruth Hall Museum of Paleontology: 24.5 mi
- Comanche Rim: 10.0 mi
- Barrancos Blancos: 21.7 mi
- La Mesita: 22.4 mi
- Black Mesa: 22.9 mi
- Brazos Cliffs: 24.6 mi
- Mars Polar Lander: 11.8 mi
- Arroyo Falls: 23.2 mi
- Embudo Valley Ceramic Mural: 23.3 mi
- Pink Flamingo: 23.7 mi
- Gorge Overlook Rest Stop: 19.3 mi
- Quartzite River Access: 22.6 mi
- Hopewell: 17.4 mi
- Black Rock Hot Spring: 20.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mesa de la Jarita. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canjilon Mountain | WNW 289° | 3,326 m | 15.7 mi |
| Peñasco Amarillo | NW 308° | 3,233 m | 23.3 mi |
| Jawbone Mountain | NNW 333° | 3,232 m | 19.2 mi |
| Cerro Saragate | NW 304° | 3,230 m | 18.2 mi |
| Broke Off Mountain | NNW 346° | 3,156 m | 22.0 mi |
| Burned Mountain | NNW 331° | 3,101 m | 14.5 mi |
| Red Hill | WNW 288° | 3,097 m | 17.0 mi |
| Tusas Mountain | NNW 343° | 3,090 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:48 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:29 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:13 | 16:53 |
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 | 33 | 40 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 69 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — EL Rito, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 908604 — Mesa de la Jarita, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357596724
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