Ocate Peak
Ocate Peak rises to 2,377 m in New Mexico. Cuchillo de Fernando stands 3,445 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Los Naranjos Peak, a peak 1.6 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 46 miles off.
The story
Ocate Peak or the older name Ocate Crater is a volcano in Mora County, northeastern New Mexico. It was a landmark on the old Santa Fe Trail before the development of the Cimarron Cutoff. Ocate Peak is located just southeast of the community of Ocate, and State Road 120 passes just north of it. Originally, due to the heightened chance of meeting marauding Indians on the plains, the Santa Fe Trail kept as close to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains as possible, passing through Rayado to the community of Ocate and passing west of Ocate Peak. After Fort Union was established in 1851, the trail took the easier route east of Ocate Peak, but still west of the Turkey Mountains. Ocote is a Nahuatl word meaning "pine".
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Wikidata Q7075669, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2377 m
How to reach it
- 46.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 13.0 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
- 23.3 mi off the Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Base Camp View · 21 mi
- Base Camp View · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Los Naranjos Peak: 1.6 mi
- Encinosa Mesa: 3.1 mi
- Gallinas Mesa: 3.3 mi
- Halls Peak: 4.6 mi
- Cerrito Pelon: 4.7 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 9.3 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 9.5 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 12.0 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 12.1 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 12.4 mi
- Leadership School Campfire: 14.9 mi
- Rayado: 15.2 mi
- Homebound Ampitheater: 20.1 mi
- Covered Wagon: 20.7 mi
- Welcome Wagon: 20.9 mi
- Coyote Creek State Park: 10.8 mi
- Fort Union National Monument Historical Marker: 17.9 mi
- Olympic Park: 20.2 mi
- Mora Little League Fields: 21.3 mi
- Wagon Mound Historical Marker: 21.4 mi
- María de la Luz Beaubien Maxwell Historic Marker: 15.0 mi
- Old Cartwright Mill Site: 16.3 mi
- Philmont Scout Ranch Gateway Sign: 20.4 mi
- D A V Vietnam Veterans National Memorial Historical Marker: 23.8 mi
- Cimarron Canyon: 24.8 mi
- Kit Carson Museum: 15.1 mi
- Villa Philmonte: 20.9 mi
- Cleveland Roller Mill Museum: 21.8 mi
- Old Aztec Mill Museum: 24.3 mi
- Crooked Creek Spring: 18.9 mi
- Loring Spring: 22.5 mi
- The Wonders of Discovery: 20.5 mi
- Tipi: 24.2 mi
- Betty's Bra: 18.3 mi
- Fort Union Rest Area: 22.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Ocate Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cuchillo de Fernando | WNW 292° | 3,445 m | 19.2 mi |
| Agua Fria Peak | NW 325° | 3,364 m | 16.5 mi |
| Osha Mountain | WNW 300° | 3,305 m | 19.2 mi |
| Black Mountain | N 353° | 3,295 m | 19.8 mi |
| Bonito Peak | NNW 347° | 3,254 m | 19.7 mi |
| Cieneguilla Mountain | NW 323° | 3,226 m | 18.7 mi |
| Spruce Hill | NNW 327° | 3,141 m | 14.6 mi |
| Burn Peak | N 349° | 3,027 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:38 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:43 | 20:21 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 16:10 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 39 | 45 | 53 | 62 | 66 | 64 | 58 | 48 | 38 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ocate 2 NW, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357577938
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