Hashknife Pony Express Rider
Hashknife Pony Express Rider is a historic site in Arizona, at a modelled elevation of 1,549 m. Rotten Bananas Butte stands 1,996 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Navajo County Historical Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 runs past it. 88 named places lie within 25 miles, 35 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Built
- 2023-01-31
How to reach it
- On the Historic Route 66, National
88 named places within 25 miles
- Lee Mountain: 9.6 mi
- Woodruff Butte: 9.7 mi
- Marcou Mesa: 11.8 mi
- Carrizo Butte: 12.4 mi
- Twin Buttes: 14.0 mi
- Ellas Frontier Trading Post (ruins): 12.3 mi
- Painted Desert Indian Center: 15.9 mi
- Crystal Forest Gift Shop: 16.9 mi
- Rock Art Ranch: 17.1 mi
- Giant Logs: 17.6 mi
- Chimney Canyon: 18.3 mi
- Bell Cow Canyon: 20.2 mi
- Chevelon Canyon: 21.2 mi
- Pink Cliffs: 21.4 mi
- Lacey Point: 23.1 mi
- Westover Spring: 11.2 mi
- Joseph City Spring: 11.2 mi
- Blairs Spring: 13.7 mi
- Black Rock Spring: 18.0 mi
- Mexican Rest Spring: 22.3 mi
- Navajo County Historical Museum: 0.1 mi
- Rainbow Forest Museum & Visitor Center: 17.7 mi
- Painted Desert Inn: 24.4 mi
- Hunt Park: 0.4 mi
- Petrified Forest National Park: 23.7 mi
- Little Painted Desert County Park: 24.9 mi
- The Old Fort Historical Monument: 9.9 mi
- Agate House: 18.1 mi
- Old Us route 66: 22.5 mi
- Jackrabbit: 16.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hashknife Pony Express Rider. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rotten Bananas Butte | NNW 337° | 1,996 m | 24.7 mi |
| Flat Top Butte | NNW 336° | 1,976 m | 21.4 mi |
| Long Butte | N 351° | 1,967 m | 24.7 mi |
| Mexican Rest Peak | N 350° | 1,917 m | 22.7 mi |
| Pilot Rock | NE 43° | 1,900 m | 23.8 mi |
| Turkey Track Butte | N 357° | 1,836 m | 20.8 mi |
| Indian Rock | SSW 199° | 1,820 m | 23.3 mi |
| Edge Butte | N 350° | 1,817 m | 21.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:25 | 17:59 | 18:33 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:01 | 19:38 |
| September equinox | 06:09 | 17:46 | 18:19 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:35 | 17:14 |
Local time (America/Phoenix).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 41 | 48 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Holbrook, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13764479480
Day trips start here
- Holbrook · 0 mi
- Joseph City · 11 mi
- Homolovi Ruins State Park · 28 mi
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