San Jon Hill
San Jon Hill rises to 1,403 m in New Mexico. Mesa Redonda stands 1,580 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Caprock Amphitheatre & Ralph Stanfield Memorial Nature Trail, a park 0.3 miles away. Mesalands Scenic Byway runs past it. 48 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in New Mexico, United States of America
Wikidata Q49071080, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1403 m
How to reach it
- On the Mesalands Scenic Byway
- 8.3 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 26.9 mi off the La Frontera del Llano Byway
Overlooks nearby
- San Jon Hill View · 1 mi
- Caprock View · 1 mi
48 named places within 25 miles
- Caprock Amphitheatre & Ralph Stanfield Memorial Nature Trail: 0.3 mi
- San Jon Municipal Park: 8.5 mi
- San Jon PS Park: 8.5 mi
- Clark Monument 9: 17.7 mi
- Wailes Park: 23.8 mi
- Boney Hill: 7.6 mi
- Bedford Hill: 8.0 mi
- Park Hill: 8.9 mi
- Round Mountain: 9.6 mi
- Little Park Hill: 10.0 mi
- Abandoned Glenrio Post Office: 21.9 mi
- Little Juarez Cafe (Abandoned): 22.2 mi
- Abandoned Texaco Station: 22.2 mi
- Tee Pee Curios: 24.1 mi
- Tee pee curios (Tumtucari): 24.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 8.4 mi
- Llano Estacado Historical Marker: 8.4 mi
- Tucumcari Mountain Historical Marker: 22.1 mi
- Comanche Country Historical Marker: 22.1 mi
- Carand Collecible Museum: 19.2 mi
- Mesalands Community College Dinosaur Museum: 24.6 mi
- Tucumcari Historical Museum: 24.7 mi
- The Caprock: 9.6 mi
- Sand Point: 22.2 mi
- The Legendary Road: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of San Jon Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesa Redonda | W 266° | 1,580 m | 19.3 mi |
| Tucumcari Mountain | WNW 298° | 1,509 m | 22.1 mi |
| Park Hill | E 98° | 1,422 m | 8.9 mi |
| Bulldog Mesa | WNW 291° | 1,418 m | 21.5 mi |
| Round Mountain | E 96° | 1,406 m | 9.6 mi |
| Little Park Hill | E 98° | 1,399 m | 10.0 mi |
| Boney Hill | ESE 110° | 1,362 m | 7.6 mi |
| Purcell | E 95° | 1,361 m | 16.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:34 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:18 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 16:07 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 44 | 52 | 59 | 68 | 78 | 81 | 79 | 72 | 61 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN JON, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 899896 — San Jon Hill, Quay County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357586447
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