Barber Peak
Barber Peak rises to 1,685 m in New Mexico. Roof Butte stands 2,952 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Table Mesa, a peak 1.4 miles away. Trail of the Ancients - NM passes 0.5 miles off. 53 named places lie within 25 miles, 35 of them named summits.
The story
Barber Peak is a 5,778-foot (1,761-meter) elevation volcanic plug located on Navajo Nation land in San Juan County of northwest New Mexico, United States. It is a prominent landmark set one-half mile east of U.S. Route 491, approximately 15 miles south of the community of Shiprock, New Mexico. Its nearest higher neighbor is Table Mesa, one mile to the west, and Cathedral Cliff is set 1.5 mile to the northwest. Barber Peak is one of the phreatomagmatic diatremes of the Four Corners area, and with significant relief as it rises 300 feet (91 meters) above the high-desert plain. It is situated about 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Shiprock, the most famous of these diatremes. Barber Peak is set in the northeastern part of the Navajo Volcanic Field, a volcanic field that includes intrusions and flows of minette and other unusual igneous rocks which formed around 30 million years ago during the Oligocene. In the Navajo language, this geographical feature is called Tsé Naajin, meaning "black downward rock."
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Wikidata Q49010688, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1685 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Trail of the Ancients - NM, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lehmer Lookout · 28 mi
53 named places within 25 miles
- Table Mesa: 1.4 mi
- Cactus Peak: 6.9 mi
- Tocito Dome: 8.0 mi
- Yellow Hill: 8.2 mi
- Rock Mesa: 13.6 mi
- Stinking Springs: 4.6 mi
- Sand Spring: 21.2 mi
- Sunshine Spring: 22.7 mi
- Old Sawmill Spring: 22.9 mi
- Narrow Creek Spring: 24.0 mi
- Wheeler (River Tract): 14.7 mi
- Bradshaw (River Tracts): 16.1 mi
- Schneider (River Tracts): 16.4 mi
- Jewett Valley (River Tracts): 17.8 mi
- Hogback Historical Marker: 9.2 mi
- Shiprock Historical Marker: 10.2 mi
- Nizhoni Park: 13.5 mi
- Brigham Young Junior House Historic Site: 19.7 mi
- Snake Bridge: 21.3 mi
- Newcomb N: 21.1 mi
- KC: 21.5 mi
- Cathedral Cliff: 1.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Barber Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roof Butte | WSW 248° | 2,952 m | 23.7 mi |
| Beautiful Mountain | WSW 247° | 2,696 m | 17.6 mi |
| White Rock | W 266° | 2,022 m | 18.4 mi |
| Black Rock | W 280° | 2,020 m | 24.7 mi |
| Mitten Rock | W 276° | 1,998 m | 13.8 mi |
| Two Grey Hills / Bis Dah Łitso | SSW 198° | 1,984 m | 24.8 mi |
| Red Rock | W 266° | 1,942 m | 21.3 mi |
| Bennett Peak | S 189° | 1,931 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 19:59 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:23 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 35 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 73 | 65 | 52 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fruitland, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 886056 — Barber Peak, San Juan County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357570306
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