Polvadera Peak
Polvadera Peak rises to 3,419 m in New Mexico. Turkey Ridge stands 3,558 m to the south-southwest, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is El Lagunito Palo Quemador, a peak 2.6 miles away. Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49063125, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,419 m
How to reach it
- 11.5 mi off the Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway
- 14.3 mi off the Jemez Mountain Trail, National
- 18.6 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 23.7 mi off the High Road to Taos
Overlooks nearby
- Frijoles Canyon Viewpoint · 15 mi
- San Diego Canyon Overlook Overlook Site · 19 mi
- Jemez Canyon Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- El Lagunito Palo Quemador: 2.6 mi
- Los Cerritos: 3.3 mi
- Cerrito Chato: 3.8 mi
- Chicoma Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Loma Parda: 3.8 mi
- Pink Flamingo: 11.4 mi
- Nexus: 12.3 mi
- Golondrina: 13.3 mi
- Touch the Sky: 13.5 mi
- Lucky: 13.6 mi
- Tsi-p'in-owinge' Pueblo Ruins: 7.8 mi
- Old Spanish Trail Historical Marker: 11.2 mi
- Abiquiu Historical Marker: 11.4 mi
- Puye Cliff Dwellings: 11.5 mi
- Puye Ruins Historical Marker: 11.5 mi
- Pine Spring: 9.8 mi
- Armstead Spring: 14.9 mi
- American Spring: 15.4 mi
- Kidney and Stomach Trouble Spring: 15.7 mi
- Footbath Spring: 15.8 mi
- Valles Caldera National Preserve: 11.5 mi
- Kiva: 12.9 mi
- Los Pueblos Park: 13.3 mi
- Pine Street Playlot: 13.6 mi
- Main Gate Park: 15.2 mi
- Abiquiu Dam Visitor Center: 12.5 mi
- Alcove: 18.4 mi
- Española: 18.6 mi
- Bond House Historic Site: 18.6 mi
- The Narrows: 18.6 mi
- Camp May: 11.2 mi
- Ponderosa Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
- Las Conchas Picnic Ground: 18.2 mi
- La Cueva Picnic Ground: 18.7 mi
- Dark Canyon Picnic Ground: 19.1 mi
- Georgia O'keefe museum and home: 11.3 mi
- Hans Bethe House: 13.5 mi
- Los Alamos History Museum: 13.5 mi
- Bond House Museum: 18.6 mi
- Florence Hawley Ellis Museum of Anthropology: 19.1 mi
- La Cuchilla de la Monjonera: 5.1 mi
- Cerro Valdez: 10.1 mi
- Gates of Hell: 11.2 mi
- Black Mesa: 21.2 mi
- Water Canyon pour-off: 22.0 mi
- Jemez Falls: 20.5 mi
- Upper Frijoles Falls: 22.0 mi
- Lower Frijoles Falls: 22.2 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 13.5 mi
- White Rock Community Garden: 19.4 mi
- San Antonio Hot Spring: 15.7 mi
- Spence Hot Spring: 19.2 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 19.1 mi
- New Mexico Wildlife Center: 22.0 mi
- Rendija Arch: 11.0 mi
- Buckman: 20.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Polvadera Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Ridge | SSW 207° | 3,558 m | 5.6 mi |
| Chicoma Mountain | SSE 162° | 3,517 m | 3.8 mi |
| Cerro Toledo | SSW 202° | 3,323 m | 4.9 mi |
| Cerro de la Garita | WSW 239° | 3,225 m | 8.2 mi |
| Caballo Mountain | SSE 163° | 3,200 m | 7.7 mi |
| Pajarito Mountain | S 179° | 3,176 m | 11.9 mi |
| Cerro del Grant | WSW 250° | 3,174 m | 8.0 mi |
| Cerro Rubio | S 179° | 3,169 m | 7.9 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 | 20:27 |
| 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 | 49 | 58 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Abiquiu DAM, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357597874
Day trips start here
- Española · 19 mi
- Bandelier National Monument · 20 mi
- Pojoaque · 24 mi
- Chimayó · 27 mi
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