Kettle Top Butte
Kettle Top Butte rises to 1,473 m in New Mexico. Timber Mountain stands 2,291 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Point, a attraction 2.1 miles away. Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway passes 4.8 miles off. 80 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in New Mexico, United States of America
Wikidata Q49041365, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1473 m
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Geronimo Trail Scenic Byway, National
- 5.6 mi off the El Camino Real, National
- 21.3 mi off the Lake Valley Back Country Byway
80 named places within 25 miles
- Elephant Butte: 5.7 mi
- Water Tank Hill: 6.1 mi
- Crater Hill: 8.6 mi
- Turtle Mountain: 10.1 mi
- Caballo Cone: 10.1 mi
- Elephant Butte Dam Historical Marker: 6.0 mi
- Ralph Edwards Park: 9.1 mi
- Triangle Park: 9.1 mi
- Geronimos Spring Historical Marker: 9.2 mi
- T or C Art Park: 9.2 mi
- Zapata: 4.8 mi
- San Ygnacio de la Alamosa: 4.8 mi
- Alamocita: 4.8 mi
- Aleman: 19.0 mi
- Canta Recio: 22.8 mi
- Long Point: 2.1 mi
- Alamosa Ranch House and Blacksmith Shop Historic Site: 4.5 mi
- Spaceport America Visitor's Center: 9.3 mi
- Palomas Gap: 13.4 mi
- Unknown Arch: 14.7 mi
- Deer Springs: 21.1 mi
- Aragon Spring: 21.3 mi
- Questa Spring: 22.9 mi
- San Jose 'spring: 23.1 mi
- Stanley /spring: 23.4 mi
- Carrie TIngley Historic Marker: 10.0 mi
- Veterans' Memorial: 10.1 mi
- Caballo Mountains Historic Marker: 21.5 mi
- Red Cliff: 3.0 mi
- White Cliffs: 7.0 mi
- Geronimo Springs Museum: 9.2 mi
- Hamilton Military Museum: 10.0 mi
- 4th Street Garden: 9.0 mi
- River bend Hot Springs: 9.2 mi
- Garcia Falls: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kettle Top Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timber Mountain | SSW 193° | 2,291 m | 19.3 mi |
| Grandaddy Peak | E 93° | 2,286 m | 24.9 mi |
| Big Gyp Mountain | E 87° | 2,271 m | 23.8 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | S 191° | 2,240 m | 21.4 mi |
| Carrizo Peak | WNW 295° | 2,203 m | 23.7 mi |
| Thumb Tank Peak | W 269° | 2,089 m | 24.6 mi |
| Twin Peaks | W 274° | 2,075 m | 24.8 mi |
| La Questa de Trujillo | NW 320° | 2,049 m | 23.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 19:45 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:28 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 48 | 55 | 63 | 72 | 82 | 83 | 81 | 75 | 64 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elephant Butte DAM, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 890681 — Kettle Top Butte, Sierra County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357575860
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