Sitting Coyote Mesa
Sitting Coyote Mesa rises to 1,973 m in New Mexico. Chuska Peak stands 2,624 m to the northwest, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Separate Hill, a peak 2.7 miles away. Trail of the Ancients - NM runs past it. 99 named places lie within 25 miles, 32 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49074169, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,973 m
How to reach it
- On the Trail of the Ancients - NM, National
- 16.2 mi off the Dine' Tah "Among the People" Scenic Road
- 19.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
99 named places within 25 miles
- Manuelito Spring: 7.6 mi
- Pine Spring 14N-25: 7.9 mi
- Black Water Spring: 8.1 mi
- Poision Ivy Spring: 8.7 mi
- Holyan Spring: 8.8 mi
- Separate Hill: 2.7 mi
- Gossip Hill: 6.4 mi
- Deza Bluffs: 6.7 mi
- Chuska Peak: 6.8 mi
- Umbrella Butte: 7.5 mi
- Window Rock Tribal Park: 18.2 mi
- Tse Bonita Tribal Park: 18.7 mi
- Bubany Park: 18.8 mi
- Babe Ruth Park: 18.9 mi
- Gallup Brickyard Bike Park: 19.4 mi
- Venus Needle: 15.4 mi
- Cleopatra Needle: 16.3 mi
- Tseghaahoodzani (Window Rock): 18.1 mi
- Santa Fe Caboose: 19.2 mi
- Church Rock: 19.9 mi
- NP21: 16.6 mi
- USMC Sculpture: 19.2 mi
- Chief Manulieto Sculpture: 19.2 mi
- Wind Biker: 19.4 mi
- Navajo Museum: 18.9 mi
- George Galaris Multiultural Center: 19.2 mi
- Gallup History Museum: 19.4 mi
- Red Rock Musuem: 20.2 mi
- White Cliffs: 17.2 mi
- Wu Wall: 21.0 mi
- New Side: 21.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 18.2 mi
- Fort Wingate Army Depot: 22.4 mi
- window rock: 18.1 mi
- Narbona Pass Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sitting Coyote Mesa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chuska Peak | NW 323° | 2,624 m | 6.8 mi |
| Zilditloi Mountain | WNW 296° | 2,604 m | 15.1 mi |
| Twin Buttes | WNW 295° | 2,570 m | 11.9 mi |
| Deza Bluffs | N 356° | 2,519 m | 6.7 mi |
| Piney Hill | W 262° | 2,471 m | 22.9 mi |
| Buell Mountain | WNW 292° | 2,466 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mesa Butte | SE 136° | 2,447 m | 24.0 mi |
| Midget Mesa | SE 137° | 2,429 m | 23.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 19:57 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:40 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:26 | 17:06 |
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 | 34 | 41 | 48 | 57 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gallup Sand & Gravel, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 901089 — Sitting Coyote Mesa, McKinley County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357588163
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