Rolling Mounds
Rolling Mounds rises to 1,795 m in New Mexico. Wheat Mountain stands 2,174 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Crow Mesa, a peak 1.9 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 4.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49069331, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,795 m
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Crow Mesa: 1.9 mi
- Mesita Blanca: 2.3 mi
- South Point Mesa: 2.7 mi
- New Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Lava Butte: 3.5 mi
- Sharp Point: 2.2 mi
- Frog Mesa: 10.2 mi
- Seama Mesa: 10.5 mi
- Crow Point: 16.2 mi
- Standing Rock: 19.8 mi
- Phillips 66 Gas Station: 13.5 mi
- Breaking Bad First Cook Site: 16.6 mi
- Los Lunas Decalogue Stone: 22.6 mi
- Rio Puerco Bridge: 24.1 mi
- Canovitas Spring: 23.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 24.9 mi
- Mount Taylor Fields: 9.8 mi
- Pronoun Cave Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 12.8 mi
- Acoma Museum: 13.7 mi
- Acomita Rest Area: 14.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Rolling Mounds. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheat Mountain | NNW 341° | 2,174 m | 12.3 mi |
| Cerro Verde | SSE 162° | 2,173 m | 12.2 mi |
| Southwest Plaza | WSW 249° | 2,141 m | 12.1 mi |
| Petoch Butte | WSW 243° | 2,102 m | 9.4 mi |
| Mesa Lucero | SE 126° | 2,086 m | 14.4 mi |
| South Butte | W 277° | 2,070 m | 5.2 mi |
| Flower Mountain | NW 310° | 2,069 m | 13.8 mi |
| Seama Mesa | WNW 296° | 2,065 m | 9.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 19:50 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 16:23 | 17:02 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 38 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 71 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cubero, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 894132 — Rolling Mounds, Cibola County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357579270
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