Cone Butte
Cone Butte rises to 1,350 m in New Mexico. Wild Cow Mesa stands 1,985 m to the south-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Lookout Point, a peak 1.4 miles away. Guadalupe Back Country Byway passes 0.3 miles off. 82 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49021647, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,350 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Guadalupe Back Country Byway
82 named places within 25 miles
- Sitting Bull Falls: 13.5 mi
- Brantley Lake State Park: 15.0 mi
- Living Desert Zoo & Gardens: 15.9 mi
- Living Desert Zoo and Gardens State Park: 16.2 mi
- Carlsbad Youth Sports Complex: 16.7 mi
- Lookout Point: 1.4 mi
- Walt: 2.6 mi
- Old Ranch Knoll: 2.8 mi
- The Tepee: 3.8 mi
- Bandanna Point: 4.2 mi
- La Cueva Non-Motorized Trail System: 15.5 mi
- Blue Spring Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 20.7 mi
- Parks Ranch Caves: 21.3 mi
- Chosa Draw Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 21.6 mi
- Flying Paper Boy of the Guadalupes: 17.4 mi
- M-42 Duster: 19.2 mi
- Time Capsule: 19.3 mi
- Alejandro R Ruiz Memorial: 19.3 mi
- McGruder Spring: 12.6 mi
- Lassiter Spring: 13.3 mi
- Jurnigan Spring: 16.2 mi
- The Reader: 18.6 mi
- The Artist Gallery Carlsbad NM: 18.8 mi
- Wildcat Bluff: 19.4 mi
- Telltale Bluffs: 21.4 mi
- Queen: 18.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cone Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wild Cow Mesa | SSW 199° | 1,985 m | 24.6 mi |
| Pickett Hill | SW 225° | 1,964 m | 22.7 mi |
| Dinner Hill | SSW 200° | 1,952 m | 18.4 mi |
| Ares Peak | WSW 240° | 1,757 m | 16.9 mi |
| Texas Hill | W 275° | 1,689 m | 16.0 mi |
| Thayer Hill | SSW 200° | 1,687 m | 14.7 mi |
| The Pinnacle | SSW 199° | 1,668 m | 14.8 mi |
| Corona Hill | WNW 285° | 1,613 m | 21.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:38 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 19:33 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:24 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:20 | 16:58 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 79 | 80 | 77 | 71 | 62 | 51 | 44 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dark Canyon Road, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357572173
Day trips start here
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park · 18 mi
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