Haystack Mountain
Haystack Mountain rises to 2,367 m in New Mexico. Mount Taylor stands 3,449 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is El Tintero, a peak 1.6 miles away. Trail of the Ancients - NM passes 3.4 miles off.
The story
Haystack Mountain is a mesa approximately 4 miles (6 km) east of Prewitt in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States.
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Wikidata Q48977003, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,367 m
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the Trail of the Ancients - NM, National
- 3.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 25.4 mi off the Chain of Craters Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Lava Caves (entry forbidden) · 27 mi
- lava caves (no entry) · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- El Tintero: 1.6 mi
- Two Fault Butte: 1.6 mi
- Goat Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Mesa Montanosa: 3.8 mi
- Dos Lomas: 4.9 mi
- Many Mexican Spring: 17.7 mi
- Owl Spring: 18.0 mi
- Ojo del Chopo: 18.1 mi
- Blue Water Spring: 18.4 mi
- Twin Spring: 18.9 mi
- Josephine Elkins Park: 12.4 mi
- McElroy Park: 13.2 mi
- Neighborhood Park: 14.6 mi
- Smokey Circle: 14.8 mi
- Fire and Ice Park: 14.9 mi
- Punta Burro: 10.3 mi
- Jim Point: 10.8 mi
- Rancho Perfecto Point: 16.7 mi
- Lookout Mountain Rim: 22.2 mi
- Mount Taylor Historic Marker: 14.9 mi
- New Mexico State Historic Marker: 15.7 mi
- San Rafael Historical marker: 16.9 mi
- Grants Historic Marker: 17.0 mi
- Western New Mexico Aviation Heritage Museum: 13.4 mi
- Cibola County History Museum: 14.9 mi
- New Mexico Mining Museum: 14.9 mi
- Bluewater Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 6.7 mi
- Casamero Community ACEC: 7.7 mi
- Route 66 Drive-Thru Neon Sign: 14.9 mi
- Roy T. Herman's Garage: 16.0 mi
- Anaconda, New Mexico: 7.2 mi
- Jesus: 12.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Haystack Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Taylor | ESE 113° | 3,449 m | 20.8 mi |
| Cerro Venada | ESE 105° | 2,824 m | 19.9 mi |
| Mount Sedgwick | SSW 214° | 2,819 m | 15.0 mi |
| Microwave Ridge | ESE 121° | 2,807 m | 22.8 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | WSW 243° | 2,777 m | 21.0 mi |
| Mount Powell | WNW 295° | 2,653 m | 18.1 mi |
| Gallo Peak | S 181° | 2,642 m | 23.0 mi |
| Hosta Butte | NW 319° | 2,628 m | 21.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 19:53 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:37 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 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 | 30 | 35 | 41 | 48 | 56 | 67 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Thoreau 12 SE, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 889858 — Haystack Mountain, McKinley County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357574791
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