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Ford Butte

Ford Butte, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates36.38417, -108.70786

43 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 21
Springs: 15
  • 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
Cliffs: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Newcomb N: 7.0 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Snake Bridge: 17.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Roof ButteWNW 284°2,952 m22.1 mi
Matthews PeakW 267°2,892 m24.9 mi
Tsaile ButteWSW 252°2,738 m23.8 mi
Beautiful MountainWNW 295°2,696 m17.2 mi
White ConeWSW 237°2,569 m24.8 mi
Little White ConeSW 225°2,515 m24.6 mi
White RockNW 306°2,022 m21.8 mi
Mitten RockNW 320°1,998 m20.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5319:27
June solstice05:5819:5820:37
September equinox07:0318:3919:13
December solstice07:2316:2417:04

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293543475868737165534130

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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