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Hashknife Pony Express Rider

Hashknife Pony Express Rider from directly overhead

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. 90 named places lie within 25 miles, 35 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Built
2023-01-31
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates34.90184, -110.15877
Around it

90 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 35
  • 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
Attractions: 22
  • Ellas Frontier Trading Post (ruins): 12.3 mi
  • Painted Desert Indian Center: 15.9 mi
  • Crystal Forest Gift Shop: 16.9 mi
  • Crystal Forest Gift Shop: 17.0 mi
  • Rock Art Ranch: 17.1 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • 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
Springs: 9
  • 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
Museums: 3
Parks: 3
  • Hunt Park: 0.4 mi
  • Petrified Forest National Park: 23.7 mi
  • Little Painted Desert County Park: 24.9 mi
Historic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Artworks: 1
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rotten Bananas ButteNNW 337°1,996 m24.7 mi
Flat Top ButteNNW 336°1,976 m21.4 mi
Long ButteN 351°1,967 m24.7 mi
Mexican Rest PeakN 350°1,917 m22.7 mi
Pilot RockNE 43°1,900 m23.8 mi
Turkey Track ButteN 357°1,836 m20.8 mi
Indian RockSSW 199°1,820 m23.3 mi
Edge ButteN 350°1,817 m21.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:2517:5918:33
June solstice05:0819:0119:38
September equinox06:0917:4618:19
December solstice07:2516:3517:14

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374148556473787670584536
Precip in0.70.30.50.30.30.21.11.71.10.90.50.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Holbrook, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13764479480

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