Sugar Loaf Mountain
Sugar Loaf Mountain rises to 3,204 m in New Mexico. Banded Peak stands 3,892 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Poso Park, a park 2.1 miles away. Narrow-Gauge Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off. 103 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49079115, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,204 m
How to reach it
- 28.4 mi off the Narrow-Gauge Scenic Byway
103 named places within 25 miles
- Grouse Mesa: 5.1 mi
- Dos Lomas: 5.5 mi
- Rabbit Peak: 6.6 mi
- Brazos Peak: 7.1 mi
- El Cerro: 9.0 mi
- El Camino Spring: 13.0 mi
- Spring Number One: 13.5 mi
- Warm Spring: 15.4 mi
- Moeller Spring: 18.8 mi
- Fifteen Springs: 21.4 mi
- Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad: 5.5 mi
- Chama Jail House Historic Site: 5.6 mi
- Dunham Log House Historic Site: 5.6 mi
- Burns-Kelly Store Historic Site: 5.6 mi
- Foster Hotel Historic Site: 5.6 mi
- Edward Sargent Wildlife Management Area: 9.0 mi
- Laguna del Campo Wildlife Management Area: 10.9 mi
- W.A. Humphries Wildlife Management Area: 15.8 mi
- Heron Lake State Park: 17.2 mi
- Rio de los Pinos Wildlife Management Area: 21.4 mi
- Poso Park: 2.1 mi
- Heron Lake State Park: 15.9 mi
- Hopewell Lake Day Use Area: 17.8 mi
- El Vado Lake State Park: 22.9 mi
- Brazos Cliffs: 8.3 mi
- Tecolote Rim: 15.4 mi
- Reed Escarpment: 19.3 mi
- V Rock: 24.6 mi
- Bull: 5.3 mi
- Brazos Falls: 8.6 mi
- TA Marker: 11.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sugar Loaf Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banded Peak | NNW 336° | 3,892 m | 18.3 mi |
| Chama Peak | NNW 328° | 3,662 m | 14.4 mi |
| Chalk Mountains | NW 324° | 3,649 m | 24.0 mi |
| Jarosa Peak | N 7° | 3,587 m | 14.4 mi |
| Grouse Mesa | ESE 115° | 3,477 m | 5.1 mi |
| Navajo Peak | NW 320° | 3,441 m | 20.7 mi |
| Brazos Peak | ESE 122° | 3,440 m | 7.1 mi |
| Black Mountain | N 10° | 3,417 m | 21.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:51 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
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 | 22 | 26 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 63 | 62 | 55 | 44 | 32 | 23 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chama, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357580806
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