Butterfield Trail
Butterfield Trail is a park in New Mexico, at a recorded elevation of 1,552 m. Burro Peak stands 2,445 m to the north-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Malpais Hills, a peak 2.3 miles away. Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off. 67 named places lie within 25 miles, 46 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1552 m
How to reach it
- 27.9 mi off the Trail of the Mountain Spirits Scenic Byway, National
67 named places within 25 miles
- Malpais Hills: 2.3 mi
- Bessie Rhoads Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Soldiers Farewell Hill: 3.1 mi
- JPB Mountain: 4.3 mi
- J P B Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Peterson Spring: 15.5 mi
- Juniper Spring: 16.0 mi
- Grapevine Spring: 16.7 mi
- Mud Spring: 18.7 mi
- Rustler Spring: 19.3 mi
- Basin and Range Country Historical Marker: 12.1 mi
- Yucca Plains Historical Marker: 12.1 mi
- Cookes Wagon Road Historical Marker: 12.1 mi
- McComas Incident Historical Marker: 18.8 mi
- Separ: 14.1 mi
- Gage: 14.6 mi
- Tyrone: 19.3 mi
- Mowry City: 23.6 mi
- Yucca Rest Area: 11.3 mi
- Gage Rest Area: 13.3 mi
- Butterfield Rest Area: 19.6 mi
- City of Rocks Desert Botanical Garden: 23.4 mi
- Old Town Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 24.0 mi
- Lordsburg Hidalgo County Museum: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Butterfield Trail. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burro Peak | NNW 330° | 2,445 m | 18.0 mi |
| Jacks Peak | NNW 330° | 2,428 m | 17.3 mi |
| Ferguson Mountain | NNW 330° | 2,424 m | 18.5 mi |
| Hornbrook Mountain | WNW 296° | 2,136 m | 15.1 mi |
| Apache Mountain | WNW 290° | 2,114 m | 17.8 mi |
| Indian Hill | NNW 335° | 2,071 m | 17.4 mi |
| Red Hill | NNW 334° | 2,029 m | 16.1 mi |
| Knight Peak | NW 309° | 1,993 m | 18.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:53 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 19:48 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:39 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:35 | 17:13 |
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 | 40 | 43 | 48 | 55 | 64 | 73 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 3.3 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — White Signal, 14 mi away.
- Western Kingbird1 obs
- Greater Earless Lizard1 obs
- Texas Horned Lizard1 obs
- desert willow1 obs
- Texas Brown Tarantula1 obs
- dwarf desert peony1 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/357612062
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