Mount Taylor
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Mount Taylor rises to 3,449 m in New Mexico. Cerro Pelon stands 3,057 m to the northeast, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Cienega Spring (Mud Hole Spring), a spring 1.5 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mount Taylor (Navajo: Tsoodził, Navajo pronunciation: [tsʰòːtsɪ̀ɬ] means "The Great Mountain") is a dormant stratovolcano in northwest New Mexico, northeast of the town of Grants. It is the high point of the San Mateo Mountains and the highest point in the Cibola National Forest. It was renamed in 1849 for then president Zachary Taylor. Previously, it was called Cebolleta (tender onion) by the Spaniards; the name persists as one name for the northern portion of the San Mateo Mountains, a large mesa. The Navajo, for whom the mountain is sacred, still call it Turquoise Mountain (Tsoodził). Mount Taylor is largely forested with some meadows, rising above the desert below. The mountain is heavily eroded to the east. Its slopes were an important source of lumber for neighboring pueblos.
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Wikidata Q497912, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,449 m
How to reach it
- 11.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 15.9 mi off the Trail of the Ancients - NM, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lava Caves (entry forbidden) · 29 mi
- lava caves (no entry) · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cerro Venada: 2.9 mi
- Microwave Ridge: 3.5 mi
- Cerro Pelon: 3.6 mi
- Cerro Osha: 4.6 mi
- Horace Mesa: 4.9 mi
- Cienega Spring (Mud Hole Spring): 1.5 mi
- Twin Spring: 1.9 mi
- Mirabel Spring: 2.0 mi
- Canovitas Spring: 2.2 mi
- Ojo Piedra Spring: 2.5 mi
- Smokey Circle: 13.9 mi
- Truman Park: 14.0 mi
- Neighborhood Park: 14.2 mi
- Fire and Ice Park: 15.2 mi
- Mount Taylor Fields: 15.7 mi
- Frog Mesa: 15.6 mi
- Seama Mesa: 16.1 mi
- Rancho Perfecto Point: 18.8 mi
- Rincon del Oso: 18.8 mi
- Crow Point: 18.8 mi
- Grants Historic Marker: 14.4 mi
- Mount Taylor Historic Marker: 16.3 mi
- San Rafael Historical marker: 17.2 mi
- historic Garret Homestead: 23.4 mi
- Cibola County History Museum: 15.1 mi
- New Mexico Mining Museum: 15.1 mi
- Western New Mexico Aviation Heritage Museum: 17.1 mi
- Acoma Museum: 23.3 mi
- Phillips 66 Gas Station: 12.6 mi
- Route 66 Drive-Thru Neon Sign: 15.2 mi
- El Malpais Visitor Center: 21.8 mi
- Marquez Wildlife Management Area: 17.4 mi
- Bluewater Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 24.7 mi
- Acomita Rest Area: 11.9 mi
- Jesus: 17.0 mi
- Anaconda, New Mexico: 19.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Mount Taylor. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerro Pelon | NE 55° | 3,057 m | 3.6 mi |
| Cerro Osha | NE 46° | 2,947 m | 4.6 mi |
| Cerro Venada | N 2° | 2,824 m | 2.9 mi |
| Microwave Ridge | S 173° | 2,807 m | 3.5 mi |
| Cerro Redondo | NE 56° | 2,735 m | 8.3 mi |
| Cerros De Alejandro | NE 35° | 2,732 m | 15.0 mi |
| Cerro Chivato | ENE 59° | 2,716 m | 12.4 mi |
| Cerro Aguila | NE 54° | 2,691 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:49 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 19:51 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:23 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 38 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 71 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cubero, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 923700 — Mount Taylor, Cibola County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357608876
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