Manby Hot Springs
Manby Hot Springs is a spring in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,974 m. Wheeler Peak stands 4,011 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Rock Hot Spring, a hot spring 1.7 miles away. Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway passes 3.3 miles off.
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the Enchanted Circle Scenic Byway
- 10.5 mi off the Wild Rivers Back Country Scenic Byway
- 12.0 mi off the High Road to Taos
Overlooks nearby
- Chawalauna Overlook · 12 mi
- Sheep Crossing · 17 mi
- U S Hill · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cerro de los Taoses: 4.6 mi
- Cerro Negro: 6.0 mi
- Tres Orejas: 7.9 mi
- Cerrito Dormilon: 8.2 mi
- Cerrito Colorado: 9.5 mi
- Rio Grande Gorge Historical Marker: 2.2 mi
- Rio Grande Rift Historical Marker: 3.2 mi
- D H Lawrence Ranch University of New Mexico Historical Marker: 8.8 mi
- Taos Plaza: 10.9 mi
- Red Willow Park: 11.0 mi
- John Dunn Bridge and Day Use Area: 2.0 mi
- Earthship Community: 2.0 mi
- Rio Grande Gorge Bridge: 2.3 mi
- Rio Grande Gorge Bridge: 2.3 mi
- Dawn Treader Stargate Earthship: 4.8 mi
- Rio Grande Gorge State Park: 2.3 mi
- Lawrence Memorial: 8.8 mi
- Shortcut: 10.7 mi
- Veteran's Memorial 1985: 10.9 mi
- Taos Plaza: 10.9 mi
- Millicent Rogers Museum: 8.5 mi
- Hacienda de los Martinez Museum: 9.8 mi
- Harwood Museum of Art: 10.8 mi
- Bent House Museum: 10.8 mi
- Taos Art Museum: 10.9 mi
- Native Art: 9.9 mi
- Padre Antonio Jose Martinez: 10.9 mi
- Red Horse: 11.2 mi
- Questa Apple: 16.4 mi
- Embudo Valley Ceramic Mural: 23.3 mi
- Rio Grande Spring: 12.1 mi
- Ponce de Leon Hot Springs: 14.3 mi
- Apache Spring: 21.1 mi
- Apache Springs: 22.4 mi
- Comanche Rim: 11.7 mi
- Barrancos Blancos: 22.8 mi
- La Mesita: 24.8 mi
- Gorge Overlook Rest Stop: 2.4 mi
- Quartzite River Access: 17.2 mi
- Tres Piedras Wildlife Management Area: 11.6 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 12.9 mi
- Black Rock Hot Spring: 1.7 mi
- Salto Del Agua Waterfall: 10.5 mi
- La Vinateria: 13.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Manby Hot Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheeler Peak | E 79° | 4,011 m | 17.4 mi |
| Mount Walter | ENE 78° | 3,996 m | 17.6 mi |
| Old Mike Peak | E 82° | 3,989 m | 17.8 mi |
| Simpson Peak | E 81° | 3,953 m | 17.4 mi |
| Lake Fork Peak | E 79° | 3,929 m | 15.7 mi |
| Gold Hill | ENE 58° | 3,872 m | 17.6 mi |
| Red Dome | E 82° | 3,868 m | 18.7 mi |
| Vallecito Mountain | E 83° | 3,848 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:41 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:47 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:27 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:12 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 33 | 40 | 47 | 55 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Taos, 11 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 29.3 | 34.0 | 44.2 | 97.6 | 211 | 111 | 23.9 | 19.6 | 17.8 | 22.3 | 28.2 | 29.6 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Rio Pueblo DE Taos Below Los Cordovas, NM, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Bighorn Sheep24 obs
- Apache plume14 obs
- Plateau Fence Lizard11 obs
- Say's Phoebe9 obs
- Plains Pricklypear7 obs
- Kingcup Cactus7 obs
- Mountain Bluebird6 obs
- Mexican Spadefoot6 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/7266927672
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