Rayado Peak
Rayado Peak rises to 2,982 m in New Mexico. Touch-Me-Not Mountain stands 3,670 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Crater Peak, a peak 0.8 miles away. Santa Fe Trail passes 6.5 miles off. 103 named places lie within 25 miles, 59 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49066967, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,982 m
How to reach it
- 6.5 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
- 13.1 mi off the Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway
- 60.2 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 29.4 mi off the High Road to Taos
Overlooks nearby
- Base Camp View · 7 mi
103 named places within 25 miles
- Crater Peak: 0.8 mi
- Fowler Pass: 1.1 mi
- Lookout Peak: 1.7 mi
- Trail Peak: 2.0 mi
- Burn Peak: 2.5 mi
- Old Cartwright Mill Site: 6.4 mi
- María de la Luz Beaubien Maxwell Historic Marker: 7.2 mi
- Philmont Scout Ranch Gateway Sign: 7.6 mi
- Cimarron Canyon: 10.6 mi
- Palisades Sill: 12.2 mi
- Blackjack's Hideout: 12.1 mi
- Cimarron Veterans Memorial: 12.1 mi
- Cimarron Canyon State Park: 12.1 mi
- Gravel Pit Lakes: 12.3 mi
- Olympic Park: 12.7 mi
- Leadership School Campfire: 6.4 mi
- Rayado: 7.1 mi
- Homebound Ampitheater: 7.2 mi
- Covered Wagon: 8.1 mi
- Welcome Wagon: 8.3 mi
- Kit Carson Museum: 7.1 mi
- Villa Philmonte: 8.2 mi
- Old Aztec Mill Museum: 11.5 mi
- Eagle Nest Visitor Center & Gateway Museum: 16.4 mi
- Cimarron Canyon State Park: 12.5 mi
- Eagle Nest Wildlife Management Area: 14.3 mi
- Eagle Nest Lake State Park: 14.8 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 18.6 mi
- The Wonders of Discovery: 7.8 mi
- Tipi: 11.5 mi
- Eagle: 16.7 mi
- Betty's Bra: 3.8 mi
- Palisades: 12.3 mi
- Crooked Creek Spring: 6.0 mi
- Apache Spring: 17.3 mi
- Palisades Picnic Area: 12.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rayado Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Touch-Me-Not Mountain | NNW 331° | 3,670 m | 16.0 mi |
| Mount Phillips | NW 320° | 3,553 m | 8.8 mi |
| Bunkhouse Bare Point | NW 321° | 3,550 m | 8.6 mi |
| Tolby Peak | NW 319° | 3,513 m | 10.1 mi |
| Comanche Peak | NW 326° | 3,445 m | 8.4 mi |
| Green Mountain | NNW 329° | 3,403 m | 14.6 mi |
| Agua Fria Peak | W 262° | 3,364 m | 8.5 mi |
| Big Red | NW 325° | 3,359 m | 7.2 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 | 19:44 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:09 | 16:49 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 66 | 69 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 40 | 33 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cimarron 4 SW, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 893709 — Rayado Peak, Colfax County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357578667
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