Ford Butte
Ford Butte rises to 1,864 m in New Mexico. Roof Butte stands 2,952 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Bennett Peak, a peak 1.8 miles away. Trail of the Ancients - NM passes 0.6 miles off. 43 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.
The story
Ford Butte is a 6,156-foot (1,876-meter) elevation summit located on Navajo Nation land in San Juan County of northwest New Mexico, United States. It is a landmark set one mile east of U.S. Route 491, along with its nearest higher neighbor, Bennett Peak, on the opposite side of the highway. Ford Butte is one of the major diatremes of the Four Corners area, and with significant relief as it rises 450 feet (140 meters) above the high-desert plain. It is situated about 22 miles (35 km) south-southeast of Shiprock, the most famous of these diatremes. Ford Butte is set in the northeastern part of the Navajo Volcanic Field, a volcanic field that includes intrusions and flows of minette and other unusual igneous rocks which formed around 30 million years ago during the Oligocene. This geographical feature's name was officially adopted in 1915 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names.
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Wikidata Q49029934, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1864 m
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Trail of the Ancients - NM, National
- 24.7 mi off the Dine' Tah "Among the People" Scenic Road
43 named places within 25 miles
- Bennett Peak: 1.8 mi
- Rock Mesa: 7.4 mi
- Tse-ni-cha: 7.6 mi
- Tocito Dome: 9.6 mi
- Tsin-nas-kid: 9.6 mi
- Old Sawmill Spring: 14.5 mi
- Old Pine Spring: 15.8 mi
- Stinking Springs: 18.5 mi
- Mormon Spring: 19.9 mi
- 12R-160 Spring: 20.2 mi
- Cathedral Cliff: 15.5 mi
- Falling Iron Cliffs: 24.5 mi
- Hogback Historical Marker: 20.4 mi
- Shiprock Historical Marker: 22.0 mi
- Newcomb N: 7.0 mi
- Snake Bridge: 17.4 mi
- Narbona Pass Picnic Area: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ford Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roof Butte | WNW 284° | 2,952 m | 22.1 mi |
| Matthews Peak | W 267° | 2,892 m | 24.9 mi |
| Tsaile Butte | WSW 252° | 2,738 m | 23.8 mi |
| Beautiful Mountain | WNW 295° | 2,696 m | 17.2 mi |
| White Cone | WSW 237° | 2,569 m | 24.8 mi |
| Little White Cone | SW 225° | 2,515 m | 24.6 mi |
| White Rock | NW 306° | 2,022 m | 21.8 mi |
| Mitten Rock | NW 320° | 1,998 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 19:58 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:24 | 17:04 |
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 | 29 | 35 | 43 | 47 | 58 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 30 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lukachukai, 29 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 897367 — Ford Butte, San Juan County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357582759
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