Agathla
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Agathla rises to 2,164 m in Arizona. Black Mesa stands 2,488 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Owl Rock, a peak 1.4 miles away. Kayenta-Monument Valley Scenic Road passes 0.6 miles off.
The story
Agathla Peak or Agathlan (Navajo: Aghaałą́, Spanish: El Capitan) is a peak south of Monument Valley, Arizona, which rises over 1,500 feet (460 meters) above the surrounding terrain. It is 7 miles (11 km) north of Kayenta and is visible from U.S. Route 163. The English designation Agathla is derived from the Navajo name aghaałą́ meaning 'much wool', apparently for the fur of antelope and deer accumulating on the rock. The mountain is considered sacred by the Navajo. Agathla Peak is an eroded volcanic plug consisting of volcanic breccia cut by dikes of an unusual igneous rock called minette. It is one of many such volcanic diatremes that are found in Navajo country of northeast Arizona and northwest New Mexico. Agathla Peak and Shiprock in New Mexico are the most prominent. These rocks are part of the Navajo Volcanic Field, in the southern Colorado Plateau. Ages of these minettes and associated more unusual igneous rocks cluster near 25 million years.
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Wikidata Q457467, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2164 m
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Kayenta-Monument Valley Scenic Road
- 12.2 mi off the Monument Valley to Bluff Scenic Byway
- 29.2 mi off the Trail of the Ancients, National
Overlooks nearby
- Redlands · 19 mi
- Forrest Gump Point · 23 mi
- Goosenecks Viewpoint · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Owl Rock: 1.4 mi
- Gray Hills: 2.0 mi
- Segi Mesas: 2.2 mi
- Chaistla Butte: 3.3 mi
- Segeke Butte: 3.7 mi
- Oljato Spring: 13.7 mi
- Fir Spring: 13.9 mi
- Little Shonot Spring: 14.0 mi
- Rock Spring: 15.1 mi
- Long Canyon Spring 5: 15.6 mi
- natural arch: 5.1 mi
- natural arch: 5.2 mi
- Ruin Arch: 7.6 mi
- Natural Arch: 8.3 mi
- Natural Arch: 8.3 mi
- Burger King with Navajo Code Talkers exhibit: 8.3 mi
- sweat lodge: 8.3 mi
- hogan: 8.3 mi
- Monument Valley Visitor Center: 12.5 mi
- Gouldings Museum and Trading Post: 12.6 mi
- Gray Point: 9.3 mi
- The Ramp: 11.8 mi
- Baby Rocks: 12.4 mi
- Lolamai Point: 13.1 mi
- Tsegi Point: 18.9 mi
- Thunderbird Mesa: 11.0 mi
- Hat Rock: 11.6 mi
- Kiet Seel Ruin: 15.6 mi
- Brigham Young's Tomb: 17.1 mi
- Wagon Wheel Rest Area: 9.5 mi
- Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park: 10.6 mi
- Dennehotso Recreation Area: 20.0 mi
- Navajo Ancient Wall Murals: 10.0 mi
- Navajo Welcome Center: 12.5 mi
- Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park: 12.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Agathla. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mesa | S 190° | 2,488 m | 12.2 mi |
| Big Point | WNW 297° | 2,408 m | 13.6 mi |
| Skeleton Mesa | WSW 244° | 2,326 m | 12.8 mi |
| Segeke Butte | SW 224° | 2,058 m | 3.7 mi |
| Hoskinnini Mesa | NW 324° | 2,051 m | 14.4 mi |
| Azansosi Mesa | WNW 298° | 2,019 m | 8.1 mi |
| Mitchell Mesa | NNE 32° | 2,004 m | 11.9 mi |
| Eagle Mesa | NNE 21° | 2,002 m | 16.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:59 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:28 | 17:09 |
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, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/1743841615
Day trips start here
- Kayenta · 7 mi
- Goosenecks State Park · 29 mi
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