Ojitos de los Gatos
Ojitos de los Gatos is a spring in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,949 m. Polvadera Peak stands 3,419 m to the south, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Kitchen Mesa, a peak 2.2 miles away. Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off.
How to reach it
- 26.1 mi off the Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway
- 27.2 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 27.9 mi off the Jemez Mountain Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Kitchen Mesa: 2.2 mi
- Mesa del Yeso: 4.6 mi
- Mesa Montosa: 4.6 mi
- Las Lomas de los Marios: 4.8 mi
- Mesa Juan Domingo: 6.6 mi
- Rock Spring: 10.2 mi
- Elk Spring: 10.6 mi
- Harris Bear Spring: 10.7 mi
- Rancherilla Spring: 10.9 mi
- East Sisneras Spring: 11.9 mi
- Ghost Ranch: 2.3 mi
- Chimney Rock: 3.0 mi
- Abiquiu Dam Visitor Center: 4.7 mi
- Echo Amphitheater: 5.9 mi
- Tsi’pin Ruins trailhead (permit required via Coyote Ranger Station): 10.2 mi
- Time Capsule: 4.7 mi
- Tsi-p'in-owinge' Pueblo Ruins: 9.5 mi
- Abiquiu Historical Marker: 9.8 mi
- Old Spanish Trail Historical Marker: 9.9 mi
- Poshuoinge: 11.6 mi
- Cerro Valdez: 16.7 mi
- Rincon Colorado: 17.8 mi
- La Cuchilla de la Monjonera: 18.6 mi
- Gates of Hell: 18.7 mi
- Red Rock Cliff: 24.1 mi
- Florence Hawley Ellis Museum of Anthropology: 2.3 mi
- Ruth Hall Museum of Paleontology: 2.3 mi
- Georgia O'keefe museum and home: 9.9 mi
- Dominguez-Velez de Escalente Trail Historical Marker: 9.9 mi
- Senator Matias L. Chacon Recreational Park: 14.4 mi
- El Rito Historical Marker: 14.4 mi
- Pink Flamingo: 9.7 mi
- Mars Polar Lander: 14.7 mi
- Echo Amphitheater Picnic Site: 5.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Ojitos de los Gatos. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polvadera Peak | S 172° | 3,419 m | 17.2 mi |
| Canjilon Mountain | NNE 16° | 3,326 m | 18.9 mi |
| Cerro del Grant | SSW 195° | 3,174 m | 20.5 mi |
| Cerro Pavo | SSW 196° | 3,144 m | 19.3 mi |
| Red Hill | NNE 12° | 3,097 m | 18.8 mi |
| Mogote Peak | NNE 30° | 3,048 m | 15.0 mi |
| La Mesa del Pedregosa | S 186° | 3,039 m | 18.9 mi |
| Cerro Pedernal | SSW 198° | 3,003 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:49 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:15 | 16:55 |
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 | 49 | 58 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Abiquiu DAM, 5 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Aug — fullest in May, leanest in Jan.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 141 | 171 | 322 | 778 | 1,115 | 957 | 595 | 496 | 438 | 282 | 257 | 268 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Rio Chama Below Abiquiu Dam, NM, 5 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Spiny Lizards3 obs
- little bluestem3 obs
- Eastern Collared Lizard2 obs
- Winterfat2 obs
- Colorado Pinyon2 obs
- Fourwing Saltbush2 obs
- Shadscale Saltbush2 obs
- Red-spotted Toad2 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/8033282529
Day trips start here
- Española · 30 mi
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