Sierra Grande
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Sierra Grande rises to 2,655 m in New Mexico. Laughlin Peak stands 2,682 m to the west-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Sierra Grande Rest Area, a rest area 5.2 miles away. Santa Fe Trail passes 16 miles off.
The story
Sierra Grande is an extinct stratovolcano in northeastern New Mexico that rises 2,200 feet above the surrounding plain. It is part of the inactive Raton-Clayton volcanic field.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q7511378, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,655 m
How to reach it
- 16.5 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
- 106.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Dunchee Hill: 5.6 mi
- Little Grande: 6.4 mi
- Capulin Mountain: 7.4 mi
- Twin Mountain: 7.6 mi
- Purvine Mesa: 7.7 mi
- Fisher Park: 14.2 mi
- Folsom State Monument: 16.2 mi
- Dorsey Mansion State Monument: 23.2 mi
- Prestons Point: 17.1 mi
- Black Bluff: 19.8 mi
- Devils Point: 22.3 mi
- Folsom Museum: 9.9 mi
- The Old Branson Jail: 21.4 mi
- Sierra Grande Rest Area: 5.2 mi
- Folsom Museum Historic Site: 9.9 mi
- Grave: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Sierra Grande. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laughlin Peak | WSW 252° | 2,682 m | 18.0 mi |
| Pine Buttes | WSW 243° | 2,569 m | 18.2 mi |
| Palo Blanco Mountain | SW 234° | 2,542 m | 14.1 mi |
| Capulin Mountain | NW 317° | 2,481 m | 7.4 mi |
| Jose Butte | NW 307° | 2,471 m | 12.0 mi |
| Robinson Peak | NW 318° | 2,452 m | 10.9 mi |
| The Crater | WSW 240° | 2,448 m | 19.2 mi |
| Trujillo Mesa | WSW 236° | 2,435 m | 19.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:40 | 20:18 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:05 | 16:03 | 16:44 |
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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357583462
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