The Crater
The Crater rises to 2,448 m in New Mexico. Laughlin Peak stands 2,682 m to the north, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Buttes, a peak 1.3 miles away. Santa Fe Trail passes 18 miles off.
The story
Hill in New Mexico, United States.
Wikidata Q49082316, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,448 m
How to reach it
- 18.1 mi off the Santa Fe Trail, National
- 18.6 mi off the La Frontera del Llano Byway
- 93.5 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Pine Buttes: 1.3 mi
- Trujillo Mesa: 1.3 mi
- Raspberry Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Hogeye Mesa: 2.2 mi
- Lone Tree Hill: 3.5 mi
- Dorsey Mansion State Monument: 5.6 mi
- Maxwell Park: 20.3 mi
- Folsom State Monument: 22.5 mi
- Devils Point: 3.9 mi
- Prestons Point: 22.7 mi
- Folsom Museum: 24.0 mi
- Russell’s Truck & Car Muzeum: 24.4 mi
- Grave: 4.2 mi
- Farley: 16.7 mi
- Sierra Grande Rest Area: 23.2 mi
- Folsom Museum Historic Site: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of The Crater. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laughlin Peak | N 354° | 2,682 m | 4.0 mi |
| Sierra Grande | ENE 60° | 2,655 m | 19.2 mi |
| Pine Buttes | NNE 25° | 2,569 m | 1.3 mi |
| Palo Blanco Mountain | ENE 77° | 2,542 m | 5.5 mi |
| Capulin Mountain | NE 38° | 2,481 m | 18.9 mi |
| Jose Butte | NNE 23° | 2,471 m | 18.3 mi |
| Raspberry Mountain | WNW 291° | 2,462 m | 2.1 mi |
| Robinson Peak | NNE 28° | 2,452 m | 19.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:41 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:05 | 16:45 |
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, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 899950 — The Crater, Colfax County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357586557
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