Mesa Escoba
Mesa Escoba rises to 2,695 m in New Mexico. Turkey Ridge stands 3,558 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Cerro Pedernal, a peak 1.4 miles away. Jemez Mountain Trail passes 18 miles off.
The story
mountain in New Mexico, United States of America
Wikidata Q49049445, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2695 m
How to reach it
- 17.9 mi off the Jemez Mountain Trail, National
- 18.8 mi off the Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway
- 24.1 mi off the El Camino Real, National
Overlooks nearby
- San Diego Canyon Overlook Overlook Site · 21 mi
- Jemez Canyon Overlook · 22 mi
- Frijoles Canyon Viewpoint · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cerro Pedernal: 1.4 mi
- Blanca Mesa: 3.3 mi
- Pueblo Mesa: 3.3 mi
- Cañones Mesa: 5.1 mi
- Cerro Pelon: 5.4 mi
- Ojitos de los Gatos: 11.2 mi
- Cecilia Spring: 17.3 mi
- Pine Spring: 17.4 mi
- Kidney and Stomach Trouble Spring: 18.0 mi
- Footbath Spring: 18.1 mi
- Tsi-p'in-owinge' Pueblo Ruins: 3.1 mi
- Time Capsule: 7.1 mi
- Old Spanish Trail Historical Marker: 10.2 mi
- Abiquiu Historical Marker: 10.3 mi
- Poshuoinge: 12.7 mi
- Pink Flamingo: 10.2 mi
- Nexus: 19.9 mi
- Golondrina: 20.8 mi
- Touch the Sky: 21.1 mi
- Lucky: 21.1 mi
- Dominguez-Velez de Escalente Trail Historical Marker: 10.2 mi
- Valles Caldera National Preserve: 16.0 mi
- Kiva: 20.4 mi
- Los Pueblos Park: 20.9 mi
- Senator Matias L. Chacon Recreational Park: 21.0 mi
- Echo Amphitheater Picnic Site: 14.8 mi
- Camp May: 18.0 mi
- La Cueva Picnic Ground: 21.4 mi
- Dark Canyon Picnic Ground: 21.9 mi
- Rincon Picnic Ground: 22.8 mi
- Tsi’pin Ruins trailhead (permit required via Coyote Ranger Station): 3.1 mi
- Abiquiu Dam Visitor Center: 7.1 mi
- Ghost Ranch: 12.8 mi
- Chimney Rock: 13.1 mi
- Echo Amphitheater: 14.8 mi
- Cerro Valdez: 6.6 mi
- La Cuchilla de la Monjonera: 11.4 mi
- Gates of Hell: 15.4 mi
- Red Rock Cliff: 19.4 mi
- Rincon Colorado: 20.7 mi
- Georgia O'keefe museum and home: 10.3 mi
- Florence Hawley Ellis Museum of Anthropology: 12.6 mi
- Ruth Hall Museum of Paleontology: 12.6 mi
- Hans Bethe House: 21.0 mi
- Los Alamos History Museum: 21.0 mi
- San Antonio Hot Spring: 16.9 mi
- Spence Hot Spring: 22.1 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 19.5 mi
- Bluebird Mesa Wildlife Management Area: 24.8 mi
- Rendija Arch: 18.4 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 21.1 mi
- Jemez Falls: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Mesa Escoba. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Ridge | S 170° | 3,558 m | 11.2 mi |
| Chicoma Mountain | SSE 149° | 3,517 m | 11.2 mi |
| Polvadera Peak | SE 143° | 3,419 m | 7.6 mi |
| Cerro Toledo | SSE 166° | 3,323 m | 11.0 mi |
| Cerro de la Garita | SSW 193° | 3,225 m | 10.6 mi |
| Caballo Mountain | SSE 153° | 3,200 m | 15.0 mi |
| Cerro del Grant | SSW 199° | 3,174 m | 9.4 mi |
| Cerro Rubio | SSE 161° | 3,169 m | 14.8 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 | 19:49 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:16 | 16:56 |
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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 908613 — Mesa Escoba, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357596752
Day trips start here
- Española · 26 mi
- Bandelier National Monument · 27 mi
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