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Little Top Hat Butte

Little Top Hat Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Little Top Hat Butte rises to 1,475 m in New Mexico. Big Hatchet Peak stands 2,542 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Pierce Peak, a peak 3.6 miles away. 17 named places lie within 25 miles, 15 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q49045652, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1475 m

How to reach it

Coordinates31.49816, -108.31670

17 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 15
Historic sites: 1
  • Continental Divide Trail Southern Terminus: 6.4 mi
Cliffs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Little Top Hat Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Hatchet PeakNNW 333°2,542 m10.7 mi
Zeller PeakNNW 338°2,244 m12.3 mi
Gillespie MountainWNW 298°2,218 m24.3 mi
7K PeakW 278°2,052 m18.6 mi
Center PeakW 279°2,045 m22.0 mi
Elephant ButteWNW 292°1,941 m21.1 mi
New Well PeakNNE 21°1,910 m5.1 mi
Pierce PeakSSW 197°1,872 m3.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5319:25
June solstice06:1019:4620:22
September equinox07:0218:3919:11
December solstice07:0916:3817:15

Local time (America/Ciudad_Juarez).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434752596777787671615142
Precip in0.80.40.40.10.20.73.12.31.70.70.81.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Antelope Wells, 17 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 899726 — Little Top Hat Butte, Hidalgo County, New Mexico.

OpenStreetMap element node/357586090

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