Dirty Point
Dirty Point rises to 1,740 m in New Mexico. Cerro Negro stands 2,190 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Schcro Gana, a peak 1.9 miles away. Historic Route 66 runs past it.
The story
Dirty Point is a summit in Cibola County, New Mexico, in the United States. With an elevation of 5,709 feet (1,740 m), Dirty Point is the 2090th highest summit in the state of New Mexico.
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Wikidata Q19881026, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1740 m
How to reach it
- On the Historic Route 66, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Schcro Gana: 1.9 mi
- Standing Twin Peak: 3.9 mi
- Mesita Blanca: 5.1 mi
- Bell Rock: 5.6 mi
- Mesa Gigante: 5.7 mi
- Breaking Bad First Cook Site: 10.0 mi
- Phillips 66 Gas Station: 16.2 mi
- Rio Puerco Bridge: 17.9 mi
- Los Lunas Decalogue Stone: 20.6 mi
- Needalocker Hill/Bart's Rock: 23.7 mi
- Sharp Point: 8.6 mi
- Frog Mesa: 10.8 mi
- Standing Rock: 13.5 mi
- Seama Mesa: 14.1 mi
- Puerto Grande: 19.5 mi
- San Jose de Laguna Mission Historical Marker: 7.8 mi
- Rio Grande Rift Historical Marker: 7.8 mi
- Pueblo of Laguna Historical Marker: 7.8 mi
- Mount Taylor Fields: 11.6 mi
- Cebolleta Historical Marker: 19.7 mi
- Pronoun Cave Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 17.6 mi
- Marquez Wildlife Management Area: 23.5 mi
- Canovitas Spring: 24.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 24.8 mi
- Acomita Rest Area: 17.8 mi
- Acoma Museum: 19.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Dirty Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerro Negro | NNW 340° | 2,190 m | 15.3 mi |
| Wheat Mountain | NW 309° | 2,174 m | 12.0 mi |
| Cerro Verde | S 186° | 2,173 m | 15.7 mi |
| Mesa del Lobo | N 352° | 2,163 m | 15.1 mi |
| Petoch Butte | WSW 239° | 2,102 m | 16.1 mi |
| Mesa Lucero | SSE 154° | 2,086 m | 14.0 mi |
| South Butte | WSW 252° | 2,070 m | 11.1 mi |
| Seama Mesa | W 271° | 2,065 m | 14.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 19:49 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:23 | 17:02 |
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 | 34 | 38 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 71 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cubero, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 888403 — Dirty Point, Cibola County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357572691
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