Placer Mountain
Placer Mountain rises to 2,700 m in New Mexico. Sandia Crest stands 3,255 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Cunningham Hill, a peak 2.1 miles away. Turquoise Trail passes 1.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49062526, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,700 m
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Turquoise Trail, National
- 11.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 12.7 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 15.9 mi off the Sandia Crest Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Village Vista · 8 mi
- Madera Overlook · 16 mi
- Balsam Glade Nature Tr - La Madera Canyon Overlook · 16 mi
- Pino Canyon Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cunningham Hill: 2.1 mi
- El Punto: 2.4 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Captain Davis Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Cerro Chato: 3.5 mi
- Fan Pole: 4.9 mi
- Horse: 6.2 mi
- BME: 13.7 mi
- ☮: 14.7 mi
- Pen Zia: 16.7 mi
- Oscar Huber Memorial Ball Park: 5.3 mi
- Cerrillos Children's Park: 7.3 mi
- Golden Open Space: 9.7 mi
- Golden Openspace: 9.9 mi
- Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve: 16.3 mi
- CERRILLOS - Official Scenic Historical Marker: 7.4 mi
- Pa-ako ruins: 12.4 mi
- Official Scenic Historic Marker: 12.4 mi
- Mormon Battalion: 13.1 mi
- Leonora Curtin Paloheimo: 16.5 mi
- Yoh toh: 8.5 mi
- Tunnel Spring: 15.5 mi
- Capulin Spring: 16.1 mi
- Sulphur Canyon Spring: 16.2 mi
- Osha Spring: 16.2 mi
- Las Huertas Picnic Grounds: 15.3 mi
- Capulin Springs Picnic Ground: 16.1 mi
- Doc Long Picnic Ground: 16.1 mi
- Capulin Picnic Ground: 16.1 mi
- Sulphur Canyon Picnic Ground: 16.2 mi
- Madrid Boarding House Historic Site: 5.0 mi
- Henderson Store: 5.4 mi
- Cerrillos Opera House Historic Site: 7.4 mi
- abandoned mine marker: 9.2 mi
- Mountain Village: 16.5 mi
- Madrid Museum (Old coal town): 4.9 mi
- Cerrillos Turquoise Mining Museum: 7.4 mi
- Tinkertown Museum: 16.0 mi
- El Rancho de las Golondrinas: 16.8 mi
- El Rancho de los Golondrinas: 16.8 mi
- Santa Fe Conservation Trust: 14.7 mi
- Galisteo Basin Preserve: 15.5 mi
- Wildlife West Nature Park: 18.3 mi
- Sandia Mountain Natural History Center: 18.7 mi
- New Mexico Land Conservancy: 21.3 mi
- Devils Throne: 7.9 mi
- Garden of the Gods: 9.1 mi
- White Bluffs: 16.3 mi
- Waldo: 7.9 mi
- Hagan: 8.2 mi
- Bonanza City: 14.9 mi
- The Haozous Garden: 19.5 mi
- Biowall: 21.1 mi
- Colonia Prisma Community Garden: 21.3 mi
- La Bajada Rest Area: 13.3 mi
- Travertine Falls: 20.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of Placer Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandia Crest | WSW 241° | 3,255 m | 18.0 mi |
| North Sandia Peak | WSW 247° | 3,184 m | 17.6 mi |
| The Needle | WSW 245° | 3,127 m | 17.9 mi |
| The Thumb | WSW 241° | 3,081 m | 18.4 mi |
| The Chimney | WSW 242° | 3,051 m | 18.1 mi |
| Tombstone | WSW 244° | 3,048 m | 17.9 mi |
| Jawbone | SW 236° | 3,014 m | 18.1 mi |
| South Sandia Peak | SW 225° | 2,982 m | 20.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 19:46 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:17 | 16:57 |
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 | 31 | 35 | 40 | 49 | 57 | 66 | 68 | 66 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sandia Park, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357606176
Day trips start here
- Madrid · 5 mi
- Edgewood · 19 mi
- Cedar Crest · 20 mi
- Bernalillo · 22 mi
- Santa Fe · 28 mi
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