Sedillo Spring
Sedillo Spring is a spring in New Mexico, at a modelled elevation of 1,529 m. South Baldy stands 3,279 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Socorro Spring, a spring 0.2 miles away. Socorro Historical District Scenic Byway passes 2.7 miles off.
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Socorro Historical District Scenic Byway
- 2.6 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 5.0 mi off the Quebradas Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Flight Deck · 16 mi
- Eagle Scout Deck · 17 mi
- Dabbler Deck · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Socorro Peak (East): 2.7 mi
- Socorro Peak (West): 2.7 mi
- Black Mountain (South): 2.8 mi
- Black Mountain (West): 3.2 mi
- Gramont Peak: 4.4 mi
- Socorro Spring: 0.2 mi
- Cook Spring: 0.7 mi
- Chupadera Spring: 3.1 mi
- Bursum Spring: 8.3 mi
- Ojo del Coyote: 8.9 mi
- Billing Smelter Historic Site: 1.3 mi
- Texas Volunteers Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Alice Kase Memorial Bench: 2.6 mi
- Robert M. Lockhart Plaque: 2.6 mi
- Linda Weiss Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Sunflowers on Adobe Wall: 2.7 mi
- Passage of the Earth and the Sky: 2.7 mi
- The Desert Maiden: 2.7 mi
- EMRTC Rattlesnake: 2.8 mi
- "The Past", "The Present", and "The Future": 2.8 mi
- NMT Alumni Hill Park: 2.4 mi
- West Place Park: 2.7 mi
- School of Mines Heritage Park: 2.9 mi
- Sedillo Park: 3.3 mi
- Socorro Gun Range: 6.3 mi
- Socorro Peak "M": 2.7 mi
- Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Depot: 3.5 mi
- Mancy Mine: 5.1 mi
- Sarracino Hall: 11.4 mi
- Clemens Ranch House Historic Site: 15.6 mi
- Sandbar Riverine Park: 5.0 mi
- 1: 18.5 mi
- 3: 18.5 mi
- 2: 18.5 mi
- 4: 18.6 mi
- López Rose Garden: 2.7 mi
- Dowdle Family Memorial Garden: 2.7 mi
- Brown Hall Rose Garden: 2.9 mi
- New Mexico Bureau of Geology Mineral Museum: 2.9 mi
- Hammel Museum: 3.3 mi
- Box Car Museum: 18.3 mi
- Mesa del Contadero: 24.7 mi
- Mesa del Contadero: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of Sedillo Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Baldy | WSW 257° | 3,279 m | 14.6 mi |
| Timber Peak | WSW 252° | 3,181 m | 13.3 mi |
| North Baldy | W 274° | 3,003 m | 13.9 mi |
| Tip Top Mountain | WNW 286° | 2,773 m | 14.9 mi |
| Buck Peak | WSW 251° | 2,764 m | 11.6 mi |
| North Peak | WNW 286° | 2,763 m | 14.9 mi |
| Italian Peak | WSW 238° | 2,752 m | 14.3 mi |
| Molino Peak | WSW 239° | 2,701 m | 12.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:47 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 19:46 | 20:23 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:10 | 16:25 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 44 | 51 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Socorro, 4 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Feb, Apr–Jun, Nov–Dec — fullest in May, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 669 | 689 | 667 | 935 | 1,488 | 998 | 386 | 329 | 173 | 279 | 723 | 844 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Rio Grande AT Bridge Near Escondida, NM, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Creosote Bush30 obs
- Whitemargin Sandmat10 obs
- Apache plume9 obs
- little leaf sumac8 obs
- Ornate Tree Lizard7 obs
- Fourwing Saltbush6 obs
- Fluffgrass5 obs
- longleaf ephedra5 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/862148144
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