Mesa del Medio
Mesa del Medio rises to 2,490 m in New Mexico. Canjilon Mountain stands 3,326 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Mesa Juan Domingo, a peak 2.9 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, United States (GeoNames ID = 5478736).
Wikidata Q49049422, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,490 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mesa Juan Domingo: 2.9 mi
- Mesa del Yeso: 3.8 mi
- Mogotito: 5.3 mi
- Mesa Montosa: 5.5 mi
- La Mesita: 5.9 mi
- Harris Bear Spring: 3.8 mi
- Elk Spring: 4.0 mi
- Rancherilla Spring: 4.1 mi
- Rock Spring: 4.4 mi
- East Sisneras Spring: 4.9 mi
- Canjilon Mountain Lookout Cabin Historic Site: 5.0 mi
- Ghost Ranch: 7.2 mi
- Chimney Rock: 7.4 mi
- Echo Amphitheater: 8.4 mi
- Abiquiu Dam Visitor Center: 12.3 mi
- Time Capsule: 12.4 mi
- Abiquiu Historical Marker: 14.9 mi
- Old Spanish Trail Historical Marker: 15.1 mi
- Poshuoinge: 15.7 mi
- Tsi-p'in-owinge' Pueblo Ruins: 17.2 mi
- Senator Matias L. Chacon Recreational Park: 12.7 mi
- Hopewell Lake Day Use Area: 21.9 mi
- El Vado Lake State Park: 23.0 mi
- Heron Lake State Park: 23.7 mi
- Rincon Colorado: 20.9 mi
- Brazos Cliffs: 22.7 mi
- Gates of Hell: 23.4 mi
- Cerro Valdez: 24.8 mi
- Ruth Hall Museum of Paleontology: 7.4 mi
- Florence Hawley Ellis Museum of Anthropology: 7.4 mi
- Georgia O'keefe museum and home: 15.1 mi
- Laguna del Campo Wildlife Management Area: 23.2 mi
- El Vado Lake State Park: 23.9 mi
- Heron Lake State Park: 24.1 mi
- Mars Polar Lander: 12.6 mi
- Pink Flamingo: 14.9 mi
- Echo Amphitheater Picnic Site: 8.2 mi
- Hopewell: 21.8 mi
- Brazos Falls: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.1 miles of Mesa del Medio. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canjilon Mountain | NNE 13° | 3,326 m | 10.8 mi |
| Peñasco Amarillo | N 357° | 3,233 m | 19.8 mi |
| Cerro Saragate | N 8° | 3,230 m | 15.7 mi |
| Burned Mountain | NNE 29° | 3,101 m | 20.7 mi |
| Red Hill | N 6° | 3,097 m | 10.8 mi |
| Tusas Mountain | NE 41° | 3,090 m | 21.3 mi |
| Mogote Peak | NE 41° | 3,048 m | 7.1 mi |
| Cerro Pedernal | SSW 199° | 3,003 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:49 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 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 | 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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 908609 — Mesa del Medio, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357596739
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