Merrick Butte
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Merrick Butte rises to 1,892 m in Arizona. Big Point stands 2,408 m to the west-southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is West Mitten, a peak 0.9 miles away. Monument Valley to Bluff Scenic Byway passes 3.9 miles off.
The story
Merrick Butte is a butte located in Monument Valley and is part of the Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, similar to its neighbors West and East Mitten Buttes just to the north. It was named after silver miner Jack Merrick, killed by Native Americans in 1880.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q6820071, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,892 m
How to reach it
- 3.9 mi off the Monument Valley to Bluff Scenic Byway
- 5.1 mi off the Kayenta-Monument Valley Scenic Road
- 16.0 mi off the Trail of the Ancients, National
- 26.0 mi off the Tse' nikani - Flat Mesa Rock Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Redlands · 6 mi
- Forrest Gump Point · 10 mi
- Goosenecks Viewpoint · 16 mi
- Mexican Hat Rock · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- West Mitten: 0.9 mi
- East Mitten: 1.1 mi
- Elephant Butte: 1.4 mi
- Mitchell Mesa: 1.5 mi
- Camel Butte: 2.0 mi
- East Mitten: 1.1 mi
- Camel Butte: 1.9 mi
- Sentinel Mesa: 2.2 mi
- Three Sisters: 2.2 mi
- Mitchell Mesa: 2.9 mi
- Monument Valley Visitor Center: 1.4 mi
- Gouldings Museum and Trading Post: 6.7 mi
- Oljeto Trading Post (defunct): 13.4 mi
- Burger King with Navajo Code Talkers exhibit: 21.0 mi
- sweat lodge: 21.0 mi
- Baby Rocks: 14.8 mi
- The Ramp: 15.4 mi
- Gray Point: 15.9 mi
- Cedar Point: 18.1 mi
- Cedar Mesa Cliff: 19.7 mi
- Thunderbird Mesa: 3.5 mi
- Brigham Young's Tomb: 4.5 mi
- Hat Rock: 9.8 mi
- Brick Arch: 12.0 mi
- Cedar Spring: 11.2 mi
- Oljato Spring: 12.1 mi
- Tah nih choa ah Spring: 23.7 mi
- Hummingbird Spring: 23.9 mi
- Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park: 3.0 mi
- Dennehotso Recreation Area: 16.0 mi
- Wagon Wheel Rest Area: 22.6 mi
- Navajo Ancient Wall Murals: 4.6 mi
- Navajo Welcome Center: 5.0 mi
- San Juan Trading Post: 16.9 mi
- Johns Canyon Waterfall: 20.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Merrick Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Point | WSW 257° | 2,408 m | 20.3 mi |
| Agathla | SW 216° | 2,164 m | 13.2 mi |
| Segeke Butte | SW 218° | 2,058 m | 16.8 mi |
| Hoskinnini Mesa | W 274° | 2,051 m | 16.2 mi |
| Azansosi Mesa | WSW 245° | 2,019 m | 16.3 mi |
| Mitchell Mesa | WSW 248° | 2,004 m | 1.5 mi |
| Eagle Mesa | NNW 337° | 2,002 m | 5.0 mi |
| The Ramp | WSW 258° | 1,991 m | 18.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:27 | 17:08 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 38 | 47 | 55 | 65 | 77 | 80 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 43 | 33 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monument Valley, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/1595597350
Day trips start here
- Goosenecks State Park · 16 mi
- Mexican Hat · 17 mi
- Kayenta · 20 mi
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