Pistol Butte
Pistol Butte rises to 2,275 m in New Mexico. Mount Taylor stands 3,449 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Haystack Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Trail of the Ancients - NM passes 7.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49062405, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,275 m
How to reach it
- 7.6 mi off the Trail of the Ancients - NM, National
- 8.9 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Haystack Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Mesa Redonda: 1.8 mi
- Loma de la Gloria: 2.0 mi
- Mesa de Jaramillo: 4.0 mi
- Punta Maestra: 4.3 mi
- Ojo del Chopo: 11.7 mi
- Many Mexican Spring: 12.7 mi
- Blue Water Spring: 14.0 mi
- Owl Spring: 14.6 mi
- Twin Spring: 20.4 mi
- Josephine Elkins Park: 18.2 mi
- McElroy Park: 19.0 mi
- Neighborhood Park: 19.9 mi
- Smokey Circle: 20.0 mi
- Fire and Ice Park: 20.3 mi
- Punta Burro: 4.9 mi
- Jim Point: 5.6 mi
- Rancho Perfecto Point: 11.9 mi
- Gumbo Point: 19.8 mi
- New Mexico State Historic Marker: 17.8 mi
- Mount Taylor Historic Marker: 20.5 mi
- Grants Historic Marker: 22.2 mi
- San Rafael Historical marker: 22.6 mi
- Western New Mexico Aviation Heritage Museum: 19.3 mi
- Cibola County History Museum: 20.4 mi
- New Mexico Mining Museum: 20.4 mi
- Casamero Community ACEC: 8.4 mi
- Bluewater Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 12.7 mi
- Roy T. Herman's Garage: 18.1 mi
- Route 66 Drive-Thru Neon Sign: 20.4 mi
- Anaconda, New Mexico: 13.5 mi
- Jesus: 18.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Pistol Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Taylor | SE 130° | 3,449 m | 22.2 mi |
| Cerro Pelon | ESE 122° | 3,057 m | 23.4 mi |
| Cerro Osha | ESE 119° | 2,947 m | 23.1 mi |
| Cerro Venada | ESE 124° | 2,824 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mount Sedgwick | SSW 209° | 2,819 m | 21.4 mi |
| Mount Powell | W 275° | 2,653 m | 18.6 mi |
| Hosta Butte | WNW 302° | 2,628 m | 18.8 mi |
| Salitre Mesa | SW 216° | 2,625 m | 19.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 19:53 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:24 | 17:03 |
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, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 909738 — Pistol Butte, McKinley County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357597813
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