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South Point Mesa

South Point Mesa, seen from above at true elevation

South Point Mesa rises to 1,986 m in New Mexico. Wheat Mountain stands 2,174 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Sharp Point, a cliff 0.5 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 5.8 miles off.

The story

mountain in New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q49076027, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1986 m

How to reach it

Coordinates34.94227, -107.39671

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 7
Cliffs: 6
Attractions: 3
  • Phillips 66 Gas Station: 11.4 mi
  • Breaking Bad First Cook Site: 18.4 mi
  • El Malpais Visitor Center: 23.5 mi
Springs: 3
  • Canovitas Spring: 21.7 mi
  • Cold Spring: 23.4 mi
  • Mirabel Spring: 24.7 mi
Museums: 1
Rest areas: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • Pronoun Cave Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 13.6 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • historic Garret Homestead: 24.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of South Point Mesa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wheat MountainN 353°2,174 m11.3 mi
Cerro VerdeSSE 152°2,173 m13.6 mi
Southwest PlazaWSW 241°2,141 m9.8 mi
Petoch ButteSW 231°2,102 m7.4 mi
Picacho PeakNNW 335°2,088 m13.5 mi
South ButteW 275°2,070 m2.6 mi
Flower MountainNW 316°2,069 m11.6 mi
Seama MesaWNW 303°2,065 m7.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4819:22
June solstice05:5719:5020:27
September equinox06:5818:3519:08
December solstice07:1416:2417:03

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343844516070747165534133
Precip in0.50.40.50.50.60.51.91.91.20.80.60.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cubero, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 895105 — South Point Mesa, Cibola County, New Mexico.

OpenStreetMap element node/357580560

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