Mesa del Terrero
Mesa del Terrero rises to 2,521 m in New Mexico. Turkey Ridge stands 3,558 m to the west-southwest, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Mesa del Ojito, a peak 0.5 miles away. Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway passes 5.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49049433, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,521 m
How to reach it
- 5.5 mi off the Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway
- 13.1 mi off the Jemez Mountain Trail, National
- 13.3 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 17.7 mi off the High Road to Taos
Overlooks nearby
- Frijoles Canyon Viewpoint · 14 mi
- San Diego Canyon Overlook Overlook Site · 21 mi
- Jemez Canyon Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mesa del Ojito: 0.5 mi
- Los Posos: 0.6 mi
- Peñasco Blanco: 0.8 mi
- Los Cerritos: 1.2 mi
- Los Cerros: 2.6 mi
- Nexus: 8.5 mi
- Golondrina: 9.6 mi
- Touch the Sky: 9.8 mi
- Oppenheimer and Groves: 9.8 mi
- Post Office Bald Eagle: 9.8 mi
- Puye Cliff Dwellings: 5.5 mi
- Puye Ruins Historical Marker: 5.5 mi
- Los Alamos High School Memorial Garden: 9.5 mi
- John F Kennedy Memorial: 9.5 mi
- Pierotti's Clowns: 9.7 mi
- Los Pueblos Park: 8.7 mi
- Kiva: 9.5 mi
- Pine Street Playlot: 9.5 mi
- Main Gate Park: 10.6 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park: 12.5 mi
- Pine Spring: 4.7 mi
- Armstead Spring: 13.1 mi
- American Spring: 13.5 mi
- Apache Spring: 14.5 mi
- Alamo Spring: 15.4 mi
- Española: 12.7 mi
- Bond House Historic Site: 12.7 mi
- Chimayo Trading Post Historic Site: 13.5 mi
- Alcove: 15.2 mi
- The Narrows: 15.4 mi
- Camp May: 10.0 mi
- Ponderosa Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
- Ampitheater Picnic Area: 15.7 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
- Las Conchas Picnic Ground: 18.8 mi
- Hans Bethe House: 9.6 mi
- Los Alamos History Museum: 9.7 mi
- Bond House Museum: 12.7 mi
- Georgia O'keefe museum and home: 12.8 mi
- San Ildefonso Pueblo Museum: 13.9 mi
- La Cuchilla de la Monjonera: 2.6 mi
- Gates of Hell: 8.0 mi
- Cerro Valdez: 16.0 mi
- Water Canyon pour-off: 17.4 mi
- Black Mesa: 17.5 mi
- Upper Frijoles Falls: 18.1 mi
- Lower Frijoles Falls: 18.3 mi
- Jemez Falls: 22.2 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 9.7 mi
- White Rock Community Garden: 14.6 mi
- New Mexico Wildlife Center: 16.0 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 23.2 mi
- San Antonio Hot Spring: 19.7 mi
- Spence Hot Spring: 21.7 mi
- Rendija Arch: 7.8 mi
- Buckman: 15.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Mesa del Terrero. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Ridge | WSW 253° | 3,558 m | 8.4 mi |
| Chicoma Mountain | WSW 257° | 3,517 m | 4.5 mi |
| Polvadera Peak | WNW 295° | 3,419 m | 6.0 mi |
| Cerro Toledo | WSW 255° | 3,323 m | 7.6 mi |
| Cerro de la Garita | W 263° | 3,225 m | 12.6 mi |
| Caballo Mountain | SW 214° | 3,200 m | 5.8 mi |
| Pajarito Mountain | SSW 209° | 3,176 m | 10.7 mi |
| Cerro del Grant | W 269° | 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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 908585 — Mesa del Terrero, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357596666
Day trips start here
- Española · 14 mi
- Bandelier National Monument · 17 mi
- Pojoaque · 18 mi
- Chimayó · 21 mi
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