Baby Rocks
Baby Rocks is a cliff in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 1,661 m. Black Mesa stands 2,488 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Point, a peak 3.9 miles away. Kayenta-Monument Valley Scenic Road passes 12 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1661 m
How to reach it
- 12.0 mi off the Kayenta-Monument Valley Scenic Road
- 17.9 mi off the Monument Valley to Bluff Scenic Byway
- 19.3 mi off the Tse' nikani - Flat Mesa Rock Scenic Byway
- 28.0 mi off the Trail of the Ancients, National
Overlooks nearby
- Redlands · 20 mi
- Forrest Gump Point · 23 mi
- Goosenecks Viewpoint · 28 mi
- Mexican Hat Rock · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Point: 3.9 mi
- Baby Rocks Mesa: 5.2 mi
- Red Point Mesa: 5.3 mi
- Church Rock: 6.5 mi
- Porras Dikes: 8.8 mi
- Ruin Arch: 8.4 mi
- Spiderweb Arch: 8.9 mi
- Natural Arch: 9.0 mi
- Natural Arch: 9.0 mi
- Pillars Canyon: 9.7 mi
- Tah nih choa ah Spring: 8.9 mi
- Al Tse Toh: 15.1 mi
- Cane Spring: 15.8 mi
- Sweetwater Spring: 16.6 mi
- Hummingbird Spring: 17.7 mi
- Burger King with Navajo Code Talkers exhibit: 14.1 mi
- hogan: 14.2 mi
- sweat lodge: 14.2 mi
- Monument Valley Visitor Center: 15.4 mi
- Gouldings Museum and Trading Post: 19.3 mi
- Gray Point: 4.5 mi
- Crevice Point: 19.0 mi
- Lolamai Point: 20.2 mi
- White Point: 20.7 mi
- The Ramp: 23.2 mi
- Dennehotso Recreation Area: 9.0 mi
- Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park: 12.1 mi
- Wagon Wheel Rest Area: 16.6 mi
- Mexican Water Recreation Area: 24.5 mi
- Thunderbird Mesa: 11.4 mi
- Brigham Young's Tomb: 19.2 mi
- Hat Rock: 20.5 mi
- Brick Arch: 24.6 mi
- Navajo Ancient Wall Murals: 10.4 mi
- Navajo Welcome Center: 18.1 mi
- Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park: 15.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Baby Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mesa | WSW 239° | 2,488 m | 16.3 mi |
| Agathla | WNW 287° | 2,164 m | 12.4 mi |
| Segeke Butte | W 274° | 2,058 m | 14.5 mi |
| Azansosi Mesa | WNW 291° | 2,019 m | 20.4 mi |
| Mitchell Mesa | NNW 338° | 2,004 m | 14.8 mi |
| Eagle Mesa | NNW 342° | 2,002 m | 19.8 mi |
| Sentinel Mesa | NNW 342° | 1,956 m | 16.9 mi |
| Hunts Mesa | NNW 338° | 1,940 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:05 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:28 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 38 | 47 | 55 | 65 | 77 | 80 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 43 | 33 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monument Valley, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/359242214
Day trips start here
- Kayenta · 14 mi
- Mexican Hat · 27 mi
- Goosenecks State Park · 28 mi
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