Flower Mountain
Flower Mountain rises to 2,069 m in New Mexico. Mount Taylor stands 3,449 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Phillips 66 Gas Station, a attraction 0.8 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 0.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49029800, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,069 m
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 18.9 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
- Paraje Mesa: 2.8 mi
- Mesa Hill: 3.1 mi
- East Paraje Mesa: 4.4 mi
- Picacho Peak: 4.6 mi
- Seama Mesa: 4.8 mi
- Canovitas Spring: 10.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 13.1 mi
- Mirabel Spring: 13.4 mi
- Twin Spring: 13.9 mi
- Cienega Spring (Mud Hole Spring): 14.0 mi
- Seama Mesa: 3.5 mi
- Frog Mesa: 6.6 mi
- Crow Point: 8.6 mi
- Sharp Point: 12.1 mi
- Puerto Grande: 21.3 mi
- Mount Taylor Fields: 5.3 mi
- Truman Park: 17.7 mi
- Smokey Circle: 18.2 mi
- Neighborhood Park: 18.5 mi
- Fire and Ice Park: 19.1 mi
- Phillips 66 Gas Station: 0.8 mi
- El Malpais Visitor Center: 16.7 mi
- Route 66 Drive-Thru Neon Sign: 19.0 mi
- Breaking Bad First Cook Site: 22.8 mi
- La Ventana Natural Arch: 24.0 mi
- Acoma Museum: 11.5 mi
- New Mexico Mining Museum: 19.0 mi
- Cibola County History Museum: 19.0 mi
- Western New Mexico Aviation Heritage Museum: 21.6 mi
- Grants Historic Marker: 17.0 mi
- historic Garret Homestead: 18.3 mi
- San Rafael Historical marker: 19.5 mi
- Mount Taylor Historic Marker: 19.9 mi
- Marquez Wildlife Management Area: 22.1 mi
- Pronoun Cave Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 24.2 mi
- Acomita Rest Area: 1.1 mi
- Jesus: 21.8 mi
- La Ventana Arch: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Flower Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Taylor | NNW 342° | 3,449 m | 12.7 mi |
| Cerro Pelon | N 356° | 3,057 m | 14.1 mi |
| Microwave Ridge | NNW 338° | 2,807 m | 9.3 mi |
| Cerro Ortiz | NNE 15° | 2,674 m | 13.5 mi |
| Horace Mesa | NW 320° | 2,607 m | 12.9 mi |
| Cerro Frio | NNE 15° | 2,576 m | 14.3 mi |
| Mesa Negra | WSW 239° | 2,506 m | 13.9 mi |
| Wheat Mountain | ENE 67° | 2,174 m | 7.2 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 | 19:51 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357573874
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