Mount Powell
Mount Powell rises to 2,653 m in New Mexico. Mount Sedgwick stands 2,819 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Castle Rock, a peak 2.1 miles away. Trail of the Ancients - NM passes 4.4 miles off. 114 named places lie within 25 miles, 52 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in New Mexico, United States
Wikidata Q49054200, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2653 m
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the Trail of the Ancients - NM, National
- 4.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
114 named places within 25 miles
- Castle Rock: 2.1 mi
- Pig Face Rock: 2.4 mi
- San Antonio Hill: 6.0 mi
- Hosta Butte: 8.7 mi
- The Cup: 9.6 mi
- Carvco Spring: 8.1 mi
- Red Willow Spring: 8.4 mi
- Owl Spring: 11.0 mi
- Tynbito Spring: 13.7 mi
- Blue Water Spring: 13.9 mi
- Continental Divide Historical Marker: 5.0 mi
- Continental Divide Historical Marker: 5.1 mi
- Continental Divide Historical Marker: 5.1 mi
- Long Park: 15.1 mi
- Chaco Cliffs Historical Marker: 17.0 mi
- Roy T. Herman's Garage: 4.8 mi
- Pinedale Hoodoos: 13.3 mi
- Pinedale Hoodoos: 14.0 mi
- Pinedale Hoodoos: 15.3 mi
- Hoodoos: 21.3 mi
- New Mexico State Historic Marker: 4.5 mi
- Fort Wingate Historical Marker: 17.1 mi
- Fort Wingate Army Depot: 19.9 mi
- Casamero Community ACEC: 10.7 mi
- Bluewater Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 16.3 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 18.2 mi
- Lookout Mountain Rim: 16.2 mi
- Punta Burro: 23.2 mi
- Jim Point: 24.0 mi
- Red Rock Musuem: 21.7 mi
- Anaconda, New Mexico: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Powell. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sedgwick | SSE 158° | 2,819 m | 21.8 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | S 187° | 2,777 m | 17.3 mi |
| Hosta Butte | NNE 17° | 2,628 m | 8.7 mi |
| Salitre Mesa | SSE 156° | 2,625 m | 18.4 mi |
| Mesa de Jaramillo | E 83° | 2,498 m | 19.6 mi |
| Big Point | NE 56° | 2,495 m | 12.9 mi |
| The Rincon | SSW 209° | 2,489 m | 14.2 mi |
| Las Mesas | E 87° | 2,454 m | 24.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 19:54 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:25 | 17:05 |
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, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 909831 — Mount Powell, McKinley County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357597903
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