Cactus Peak
Cactus Peak rises to 1,683 m in New Mexico. Roof Butte stands 2,952 m to the southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Stinking Springs, a spring 2.4 miles away. Trail of the Ancients - NM passes 2.0 miles off. 56 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49017525, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,683 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Trail of the Ancients - NM, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lehmer Lookout · 30 mi
56 named places within 25 miles
- Table Mesa: 6.0 mi
- Barber Peak: 6.9 mi
- Yellow Hill: 11.9 mi
- Mitten Rock: 12.1 mi
- Yellow Butte: 12.2 mi
- Stinking Springs: 2.4 mi
- Sunshine Spring: 18.5 mi
- Sand Spring: 18.8 mi
- Navajo Spring: 24.2 mi
- Tuurkava Paachihpi Spring: 24.4 mi
- Wheeler (River Tract): 13.1 mi
- Bradshaw (River Tracts): 14.7 mi
- Schneider (River Tracts): 15.3 mi
- Jewett Valley (River Tracts): 17.4 mi
- Cathedral Cliff: 5.3 mi
- Chimney Rock: 18.9 mi
- Brigham Young Junior House Historic Site: 19.7 mi
- Snake Bridge: 23.6 mi
- Nizhoni Park: 7.7 mi
- Lower Twin Falls: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cactus Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roof Butte | SW 232° | 2,952 m | 24.6 mi |
| Pastora Peak | WNW 288° | 2,861 m | 24.5 mi |
| Zilbetod Peak | WNW 291° | 2,820 m | 24.8 mi |
| Beautiful Mountain | SW 226° | 2,696 m | 18.9 mi |
| White Rock | WSW 244° | 2,022 m | 17.4 mi |
| Black Rock | W 264° | 2,020 m | 21.8 mi |
| Mitten Rock | WSW 246° | 1,998 m | 12.1 mi |
| Red Rock | WSW 247° | 1,942 m | 20.2 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 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 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 887062 — Cactus Peak, San Juan County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357571422
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