Little Top Hat Butte
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
17 named places within 25 miles
- Pierce Peak: 3.6 mi
- New Well Peak: 5.1 mi
- Hat Top Mountain: 7.8 mi
- Sentinel Butte: 8.9 mi
- Haystack Mountain: 9.8 mi
- Continental Divide Trail Southern Terminus: 6.4 mi
- Cowboy Rim: 21.6 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Hatchet Peak | NNW 333° | 2,542 m | 10.7 mi |
| Zeller Peak | NNW 338° | 2,244 m | 12.3 mi |
| Gillespie Mountain | WNW 298° | 2,218 m | 24.3 mi |
| 7K Peak | W 278° | 2,052 m | 18.6 mi |
| Center Peak | W 279° | 2,045 m | 22.0 mi |
| Elephant Butte | WNW 292° | 1,941 m | 21.1 mi |
| New Well Peak | NNE 21° | 1,910 m | 5.1 mi |
| Pierce Peak | SSW 197° | 1,872 m | 3.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:53 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 06:10 | 19:46 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:39 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:38 | 17:15 |
Local time (America/Ciudad_Juarez).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 47 | 52 | 59 | 67 | 77 | 78 | 76 | 71 | 61 | 51 | 42 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
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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