Flour Butte
Flour Butte rises to 1,892 m in New Mexico. Mesa Negra stands 2,506 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Rabbit Butte, a peak 1.1 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 4.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49029791, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,892 m
How to reach it
- 4.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 20.4 mi off the Trail of the Ancients - NM, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lava Caves (entry forbidden) · 27 mi
- lava caves (no entry) · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rabbit Butte: 1.1 mi
- Seama Mesa: 1.8 mi
- Ei-Enie: 1.8 mi
- Tze-Midi: 1.9 mi
- Turquoise Butte: 2.1 mi
- Canovitas Spring: 16.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 19.1 mi
- Mirabel Spring: 19.2 mi
- Twin Spring: 19.8 mi
- Cienega Spring (Mud Hole Spring): 20.0 mi
- Phillips 66 Gas Station: 6.4 mi
- El Malpais Visitor Center: 16.4 mi
- La Ventana Natural Arch: 22.1 mi
- Route 66 Drive-Thru Neon Sign: 22.5 mi
- Breaking Bad First Cook Site: 23.4 mi
- Seama Mesa: 3.3 mi
- Crow Point: 6.4 mi
- Sharp Point: 7.9 mi
- Frog Mesa: 8.7 mi
- Standing Rock: 24.9 mi
- Mount Taylor Fields: 6.9 mi
- Truman Park: 21.3 mi
- Smokey Circle: 21.9 mi
- Neighborhood Park: 22.2 mi
- Fire and Ice Park: 22.6 mi
- historic Garret Homestead: 17.7 mi
- Grants Historic Marker: 20.3 mi
- San Rafael Historical marker: 22.3 mi
- Mount Taylor Historic Marker: 23.3 mi
- Acoma Museum: 6.4 mi
- New Mexico Mining Museum: 22.4 mi
- Cibola County History Museum: 22.5 mi
- Acomita Rest Area: 6.8 mi
- Pronoun Cave Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 18.6 mi
- La Ventana Arch: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Flour Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mesa Negra | W 264° | 2,506 m | 12.9 mi |
| Blue Mesa | SW 220° | 2,367 m | 12.7 mi |
| Piñon Mountain | SSW 212° | 2,316 m | 11.8 mi |
| Wheat Mountain | NNE 33° | 2,174 m | 10.5 mi |
| Southwest Plaza | SSW 192° | 2,141 m | 7.4 mi |
| Petoch Butte | S 170° | 2,102 m | 7.2 mi |
| Picacho Peak | N 8° | 2,088 m | 10.0 mi |
| South Butte | ESE 116° | 2,070 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:49 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 19:50 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:35 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:24 | 17:03 |
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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 898655 — Flour Butte, Cibola County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357583816
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