South Mesa
South Mesa rises to 2,236 m in New Mexico. Turkey Ridge stands 3,558 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Corky, a artwork 0.5 miles away. Jemez Mountain Trail passes 4.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in Los Alamos County, New Mexico, United States
Wikidata Q49075897, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2236 m
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Jemez Mountain Trail, National
- 7.9 mi off the Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway
- 24.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 15.2 mi off the High Road to Taos
Overlooks nearby
- Frijoles Canyon Viewpoint · 7 mi
- San Diego Canyon Overlook Overlook Site · 18 mi
- Jemez Canyon Overlook · 18 mi
- Cross of the Martyrs Hill · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Corky: 0.5 mi
- Multiverse 2020: 0.5 mi
- Tranquility: 0.5 mi
- Touch the Sky: 0.5 mi
- Lucky: 0.5 mi
- Los Alamos Education Group Monument: 0.5 mi
- Peggy Pond Church: 0.5 mi
- Pierotti's Clowns: 0.5 mi
- Los Alamos High School Memorial Garden: 0.8 mi
- John F Kennedy Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Kiva: 0.9 mi
- Pine Street Playlot: 1.1 mi
- Los Pueblos Park: 2.7 mi
- Main Gate Park: 3.1 mi
- Rocket Park: 6.5 mi
- Twomile Mesa: 1.4 mi
- North Mesa: 1.5 mi
- Pajarito Mesa: 1.9 mi
- Threemile Mesa: 2.0 mi
- Barranca Mesa: 2.3 mi
- Alcove: 5.1 mi
- The Narrows: 5.2 mi
- Amphitheater: 5.7 mi
- Alcove House: 6.2 mi
- Exchange Hotel Complex Historic Site: 12.0 mi
- Los Alamos History Museum: 0.6 mi
- Hans Bethe House: 0.7 mi
- San Ildefonso Pueblo Museum: 10.8 mi
- Bond House Museum: 14.9 mi
- Poeh Cultural Center: 16.6 mi
- Armstead Spring: 4.9 mi
- American Spring: 4.9 mi
- Pine Spring: 5.7 mi
- Apache Spring: 5.8 mi
- Doe Springs: 7.4 mi
- Ponderosa Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
- Camp May: 5.2 mi
- Ampitheater Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
- Las Conchas Picnic Ground: 12.7 mi
- Water Canyon pour-off: 8.6 mi
- La Cuchilla de la Monjonera: 12.7 mi
- Bear Jump: 15.4 mi
- Gates of Hell: 17.1 mi
- Cerro Valdez: 21.2 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 0.6 mi
- White Rock Community Garden: 6.5 mi
- Colonia Prisma Community Garden: 22.6 mi
- Railyard Community Garden: 24.2 mi
- Upper Frijoles Falls: 8.2 mi
- Lower Frijoles Falls: 8.4 mi
- Jemez Falls: 17.2 mi
- New Mexico Wildlife Center: 17.0 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 22.4 mi
- New Mexico Land Conservancy: 25.0 mi
- Spence Hot Spring: 18.0 mi
- San Antonio Hot Spring: 19.2 mi
- Rendija Arch: 2.9 mi
- Buckman: 8.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of South Mesa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Ridge | NW 314° | 3,558 m | 11.1 mi |
| Chicoma Mountain | NNW 335° | 3,517 m | 10.0 mi |
| Cerro Toledo | NW 319° | 3,323 m | 10.9 mi |
| Caballo Mountain | NNW 330° | 3,200 m | 6.2 mi |
| Pajarito Mountain | W 279° | 3,176 m | 5.2 mi |
| Cerro Rubio | NW 313° | 3,169 m | 7.1 mi |
| Cerros del Abrigo | WNW 292° | 3,148 m | 10.2 mi |
| Indian Point | NW 314° | 3,118 m | 11.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:48 | 20:26 |
| 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 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 70 | 67 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Alamos, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357606222
Day trips start here
- Bandelier National Monument · 7 mi
- Española · 16 mi
- Pojoaque · 16 mi
- Chimayó · 23 mi
- Santa Fe · 24 mi
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