Yellow Point
Yellow Point is a cliff in Arizona, at a recorded elevation of 1,970 m. Rain Mountain stands 2,371 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Bitsihuitsos Butte, a peak 1.1 miles away. Tse' nikani - Flat Mesa Rock Scenic Byway passes 13 miles off. 91 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1970 m
How to reach it
- 12.7 mi off the Tse' nikani - Flat Mesa Rock Scenic Byway
- 23.2 mi off the Dine' Tah "Among the People" Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Ledge Ruin Overlook · 27 mi
91 named places within 25 miles
- Bitsihuitsos Butte: 1.1 mi
- Little Ice Cream Cone Hill: 3.0 mi
- Sweathouse Peak: 5.4 mi
- White Hills: 5.7 mi
- Red Peak: 6.2 mi
- Sand Spring: 3.7 mi
- Red Tree Spring: 4.4 mi
- Burro Spring: 4.9 mi
- Yellow Man Spring: 6.2 mi
- Cow Spring: 7.2 mi
- Yale Point: 1.6 mi
- White Point: 8.2 mi
- Crevice Point: 16.7 mi
- Lohali Point: 17.5 mi
- Red Rock Rim: 18.6 mi
- Hope Arch: 16.0 mi
- Whale Rock: 23.0 mi
- Canyon de Chelly National Monument: 25.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Yellow Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rain Mountain | SW 222° | 2,371 m | 11.9 mi |
| Tse Da Ahoodzo Peak | S 170° | 2,331 m | 8.8 mi |
| Cliff Rose Hill | W 272° | 2,312 m | 19.5 mi |
| Toadindaaska Mesa | SSW 197° | 2,269 m | 20.2 mi |
| Lohali Mesa | S 178° | 2,245 m | 15.1 mi |
| Black Mesa | S 190° | 2,155 m | 8.7 mi |
| Taasahdi Dzil | SSW 196° | 2,155 m | 12.1 mi |
| Red Point | W 264° | 2,130 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:03 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:28 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 37 | 45 | 52 | 61 | 71 | 77 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canyon DE Chelly, 24 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/359253735
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