Pajarito Mountain
Pajarito Mountain rises to 3,176 m in New Mexico. Turkey Ridge stands 3,558 m to the north-northwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Camp May, a picnic site 0.7 miles away. Jemez Mountain Trail passes 2.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in New Mexico, United States of America
Wikidata Q49059462, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3176 m
How to reach it
- 2.5 mi off the Jemez Mountain Trail, National
- 11.1 mi off the Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway
- 27.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 20.3 mi off the High Road to Taos
Overlooks nearby
- Frijoles Canyon Viewpoint · 4 mi
- San Diego Canyon Overlook Overlook Site · 13 mi
- Jemez Canyon Overlook · 13 mi
- Cross of the Martyrs Hill · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cerro Grande: 1.4 mi
- Cerro del Medio: 2.9 mi
- Scooter Peak: 3.5 mi
- Cerro Rubio: 4.0 mi
- Thanksgiving Rock: 4.2 mi
- Golondrina: 5.2 mi
- Nexus: 5.4 mi
- Corky: 5.4 mi
- Touch the Sky: 5.4 mi
- Multiverse 2020: 5.4 mi
- Kiva: 4.5 mi
- Pine Street Playlot: 6.0 mi
- Valles Caldera National Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Los Pueblos Park: 7.3 mi
- Main Gate Park: 8.2 mi
- VALLE GRANDE HISTORIC MARKER: 3.9 mi
- John F Kennedy Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Los Alamos High School Memorial Garden: 4.7 mi
- Pierotti's Clowns: 5.4 mi
- Los Alamos Education Group Monument: 5.5 mi
- Alcove: 7.5 mi
- The Narrows: 7.7 mi
- Amphitheater: 9.2 mi
- Alcove House: 9.4 mi
- Exchange Hotel Complex Historic Site: 9.7 mi
- Armstead Spring: 3.1 mi
- American Spring: 3.6 mi
- Apache Spring: 4.4 mi
- Alamo Spring: 4.7 mi
- Pine Spring: 8.0 mi
- Camp May: 0.7 mi
- Ponderosa Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
- Las Conchas Picnic Ground: 8.5 mi
- Ampitheater Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- Los Alamos History Museum: 5.5 mi
- Hans Bethe House: 5.5 mi
- San Ildefonso Pueblo Museum: 15.8 mi
- Bond House Museum: 19.1 mi
- Poeh Cultural Center: 21.8 mi
- La Cuchilla de la Monjonera: 12.8 mi
- Water Canyon pour-off: 13.1 mi
- Bear Jump: 13.9 mi
- Cerro Valdez: 17.3 mi
- Gates of Hell: 18.6 mi
- Upper Frijoles Falls: 11.7 mi
- Lower Frijoles Falls: 11.8 mi
- Jemez Falls: 12.7 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 5.5 mi
- White Rock Community Garden: 11.4 mi
- Spence Hot Spring: 13.1 mi
- San Antonio Hot Spring: 14.1 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 17.2 mi
- New Mexico Wildlife Center: 21.6 mi
- Rendija Arch: 4.1 mi
- Buckman: 13.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Pajarito Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Ridge | NNW 338° | 3,558 m | 7.5 mi |
| Chicoma Mountain | N 6° | 3,517 m | 8.3 mi |
| Redondo Peak | W 263° | 3,434 m | 9.0 mi |
| Cerro Toledo | NNW 344° | 3,323 m | 7.6 mi |
| South Mountain | WSW 245° | 3,265 m | 8.1 mi |
| Cerro de la Garita | NW 317° | 3,225 m | 10.6 mi |
| Caballo Mountain | NNE 24° | 3,200 m | 5.0 mi |
| Cerro Rubio | N 359° | 3,169 m | 4.0 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 | 19:48 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 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 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 918281 — Pajarito Mountain, Sandoval County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357606169
Day trips start here
- Bandelier National Monument · 9 mi
- Española · 20 mi
- Pojoaque · 21 mi
- Chimayó · 27 mi
- Santa Fe · 29 mi
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