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Mesa Rest Area

Mesa Rest Area from directly overhead

Mesa Rest Area is a rest area in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,362 m. Cowboy Mesa stands 1,647 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is PoquitA Mesa, a peak 1.6 miles away. 16 named places lie within 25 miles, 11 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by: New Mexico Department of Transportation
Step-free access: Yes

Getting there

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Coordinates33.95291, -104.64126

Around it

16 named places within 25 miles

Peaks11

PoquitA Mesa: 1.6 mi
Burro Hill: 12.6 mi
Round Mountain: 13.4 mi
Round Top: 16.4 mi
Gyp Hill: 21.5 mi

Cliffs2

Dunlap Sill: 6.3 mi
Chalk Bluff: 19.2 mi

Parks1

Mesa and Pecos Valley Historical Marker: 3.0 mi

Nature reserves1

North Pecos River Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 20.6 mi

Historic sites1

Atlas Missile Site 579-11: 24.7 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mesa Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Cowboy Mesa	WNW 283°	1,647 m	24.7 mi
El Morro Mesa	N 351°	1,527 m	24.4 mi
Gyp Hill	W 278°	1,519 m	21.5 mi
Conejo Mesa	N 1°	1,474 m	23.8 mi
Round Mountain	WNW 283°	1,460 m	13.4 mi
Burro Hill	NNW 327°	1,421 m	12.6 mi
PoquitA Mesa	NE 42°	1,373 m	1.6 mi
Round Top	S 174°	1,239 m	16.4 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:03	18:38	19:11
June solstice	05:49	19:37	20:14
September equinox	06:47	18:24	18:57
December solstice	07:01	16:16	16:54

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	39	41	48	55	64	73	76	74	68	56	46	38

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ramon 8 SW, 25 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1192980068

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