Pine Spring
Pine Spring is a spring in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 2,199 m. Turkey Ridge stands 3,558 m to the west-northwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Guaje Mountain, a peak 2.4 miles away. Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway passes 3.2 miles off.
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Puye Cliffs Scenic Byway
- 9.3 mi off the Jemez Mountain Trail, National
- 12.8 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 14.6 mi off the High Road to Taos
Overlooks nearby
- Frijoles Canyon Viewpoint · 11 mi
- San Diego Canyon Overlook Overlook Site · 20 mi
- Jemez Canyon Overlook · 20 mi
- Cross of the Martyrs Hill · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Guaje Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Barranca Mesa: 3.7 mi
- Popawi: 3.7 mi
- Thanksgiving Rock: 4.2 mi
- Peñasco Blanco: 4.3 mi
- Nexus: 4.0 mi
- Golondrina: 5.2 mi
- LAM: 5.2 mi
- Post Office Bald Eagle: 5.2 mi
- Oppenheimer and Groves: 5.3 mi
- Los Pueblos Park: 3.9 mi
- Pine Street Playlot: 4.9 mi
- Kiva: 5.2 mi
- Main Gate Park: 5.8 mi
- Fire Station Fountain: 9.8 mi
- Puye Ruins Historical Marker: 3.3 mi
- Puye Cliff Dwellings: 3.4 mi
- Los Alamos High School Memorial Garden: 5.2 mi
- Pierotti's Clowns: 5.2 mi
- John F Kennedy Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Armstead Spring: 9.6 mi
- American Spring: 9.9 mi
- Apache Spring: 10.8 mi
- Pajarito Springs: 11.6 mi
- Soda Springs: 11.8 mi
- Alcove: 10.8 mi
- The Narrows: 10.9 mi
- Amphitheater: 11.1 mi
- Bond House Historic Site: 11.5 mi
- Alcove House: 11.6 mi
- Camp May: 7.5 mi
- Ponderosa Picnic Area: 9.4 mi
- Ampitheater Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Las Conchas Picnic Ground: 16.5 mi
- Hans Bethe House: 5.1 mi
- Los Alamos History Museum: 5.2 mi
- San Ildefonso Pueblo Museum: 10.4 mi
- Bond House Museum: 11.5 mi
- Poeh Cultural Center: 16.1 mi
- La Cuchilla de la Monjonera: 7.3 mi
- Gates of Hell: 11.4 mi
- Water Canyon pour-off: 12.7 mi
- Cerro Valdez: 18.9 mi
- Black Mesa: 19.6 mi
- Upper Frijoles Falls: 13.4 mi
- Lower Frijoles Falls: 13.6 mi
- Jemez Falls: 20.6 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 5.2 mi
- White Rock Community Garden: 9.9 mi
- New Mexico Wildlife Center: 14.4 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 23.5 mi
- San Antonio Hot Spring: 20.1 mi
- Spence Hot Spring: 20.6 mi
- Rendija Arch: 4.1 mi
- Buckman: 10.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Pine Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Ridge | WNW 283° | 3,558 m | 9.5 mi |
| Chicoma Mountain | WNW 303° | 3,517 m | 6.6 mi |
| Polvadera Peak | NW 317° | 3,419 m | 9.8 mi |
| Cerro Toledo | WNW 287° | 3,323 m | 8.9 mi |
| Caballo Mountain | W 268° | 3,200 m | 4.5 mi |
| Pajarito Mountain | SW 234° | 3,176 m | 8.0 mi |
| Cerro Rubio | W 264° | 3,169 m | 6.5 mi |
| Cerros del Abrigo | W 261° | 3,148 m | 10.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:43 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:48 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:16 | 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 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 70 | 67 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Alamos, 7 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Jan.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 735 | 828 | 1,224 | 1,988 | 3,162 | 2,679 | 1,343 | 943 | 824 | 744 | 885 | 871 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Rio Grande AT Otowi Bridge, NM, 10 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Many-lined Skink2 obs
- Western Bluebird1 obs
- Greater Short-horned Lizard1 obs
- Mule Deer1 obs
- Bighorn Sheep1 obs
- Western Wallflower1 obs
- purple owlclover1 obs
- thimbleberry1 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 way/1307467140
Day trips start here
- Bandelier National Monument · 12 mi
- Española · 13 mi
- Pojoaque · 15 mi
- Chimayó · 20 mi
- Santa Fe · 27 mi
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