Point of Rocks Mesa
Point of Rocks Mesa rises to 2,113 m in New Mexico. Laughlin Peak stands 2,682 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Hogback Butte, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Santa Fe Trail passes 8.9 miles off. 58 named places lie within 25 miles, 51 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49062918, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,113 m
How to reach it
- 8.9 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
- 10.6 mi off the La Frontera del Llano Byway
- 87.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
58 named places within 25 miles
- Hogback Butte: 0.0 mi
- Point of Rocks: 0.7 mi
- Black Hill: 4.6 mi
- Temple Peak: 4.8 mi
- Las Mesetas: 4.9 mi
- Dorsey Mansion State Monument: 4.2 mi
- Maxwell Park: 22.9 mi
- Devils Point: 6.1 mi
- Grave: 10.3 mi
- Russell’s Truck & Car Muzeum: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Point of Rocks Mesa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laughlin Peak | N 353° | 2,682 m | 13.3 mi |
| Sierra Grande | NE 39° | 2,655 m | 24.2 mi |
| Pine Buttes | N 356° | 2,569 m | 10.3 mi |
| Palo Blanco Mountain | NNE 21° | 2,542 m | 11.1 mi |
| Raspberry Mountain | NNW 342° | 2,462 m | 10.5 mi |
| The Crater | N 352° | 2,448 m | 9.2 mi |
| Trujillo Mesa | N 356° | 2,435 m | 8.1 mi |
| Hogeye Mesa | N 3° | 2,416 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:40 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:06 | 16:46 |
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 | 33 | 41 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 50 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Capulin, 23 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 899854 — Point of Rocks Mesa, Colfax County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357586383
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