Sawmill Mesa
Sawmill Mesa rises to 2,536 m in New Mexico. Banded Peak stands 3,892 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Tecolote Mesa, a peak 3.3 miles away. Narrow-Gauge Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off. 80 named places lie within 25 miles, 47 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49071570, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,536 m
How to reach it
- 20.8 mi off the Narrow-Gauge Scenic Byway
80 named places within 25 miles
- Tecolote Mesa: 3.3 mi
- Loma Prado: 5.1 mi
- El Cerro: 5.7 mi
- Horse Lake Mesa: 7.6 mi
- Dos Lomas: 8.5 mi
- Heron Lake State Park: 5.8 mi
- Laguna del Campo Wildlife Management Area: 7.1 mi
- W.A. Humphries Wildlife Management Area: 9.2 mi
- El Vado Lake State Park: 9.5 mi
- Edward Sargent Wildlife Management Area: 14.1 mi
- Turkey Spring: 20.7 mi
- Dulce Spring: 21.2 mi
- Amador Spring: 22.9 mi
- Canovas Spring: 24.3 mi
- Fifteen Springs: 24.9 mi
- Heron Lake State Park: 5.4 mi
- El Vado Lake State Park: 11.1 mi
- Poso Park: 15.5 mi
- Tecolote Rim: 6.4 mi
- Brazos Cliffs: 14.7 mi
- Reed Escarpment: 15.4 mi
- TA Marker: 8.1 mi
- Bull: 10.6 mi
- Brazos Falls: 14.5 mi
- Hopewell: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sawmill Mesa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banded Peak | N 9° | 3,892 m | 24.4 mi |
| Chama Peak | N 10° | 3,662 m | 20.0 mi |
| Grouse Mesa | ENE 72° | 3,477 m | 16.7 mi |
| Brazos Peak | ENE 78° | 3,440 m | 17.7 mi |
| Canjilon Mountain | SE 124° | 3,326 m | 23.0 mi |
| Neff Mountain | NE 37° | 3,318 m | 23.6 mi |
| Peñasco Amarillo | ESE 103° | 3,233 m | 15.9 mi |
| Cerro Saragate | ESE 113° | 3,230 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:51 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:15 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 23 | 27 | 35 | 42 | 50 | 59 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 45 | 34 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tierra Amarilla 4 N, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357580065
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