Split Mesa
Split Mesa rises to 2,399 m in New Mexico. Tsaile Butte stands 2,738 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Green Knobs, a peak 1.0 miles away. Trail of the Ancients - NM passes 0.9 miles off. 93 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49076489, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,399 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Trail of the Ancients - NM, National
- 12.6 mi off the Dine' Tah "Among the People" Scenic Road
Overlooks nearby
- Ledge Ruin Overlook · 29 mi
93 named places within 25 miles
- Hidden Spring: 6.3 mi
- Kailcheebito Spring: 7.3 mi
- Squirrel Springs: 7.5 mi
- Salt Spring: 9.2 mi
- Star Peak Springs: 9.6 mi
- Green Knobs: 1.0 mi
- Frog Rock: 3.5 mi
- Beelzebub: 3.6 mi
- Zilditloi Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Buell Mountain: 5.8 mi
- Window Rock Tribal Park: 19.3 mi
- Tse Bonita Tribal Park: 20.4 mi
- Navajo Tribal Fairground: 21.0 mi
- Three Turkey Ruins Navajo Tribal Park: 23.0 mi
- Cleopatra Needle: 1.5 mi
- Venus Needle: 2.0 mi
- Tseghaahoodzani (Window Rock): 19.2 mi
- Falling Iron Cliffs: 14.3 mi
- Spider Rock: 21.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 19.3 mi
- Three Turkey Ruins: 23.1 mi
- NP21: 3.9 mi
- Narbona Pass Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
- window rock: 19.2 mi
- Navajo Museum: 20.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Split Mesa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tsaile Butte | NNW 346° | 2,738 m | 22.8 mi |
| Sonsela Buttes | NNW 333° | 2,709 m | 11.0 mi |
| Chuska Peak | ESE 118° | 2,624 m | 11.0 mi |
| Zilditloi Mountain | S 175° | 2,604 m | 3.9 mi |
| Twin Buttes | SSE 151° | 2,570 m | 6.4 mi |
| White Cone | NNW 346° | 2,569 m | 16.2 mi |
| Fluted Rock | WSW 249° | 2,528 m | 14.2 mi |
| Deza Bluffs | ESE 106° | 2,519 m | 13.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:54 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 19:59 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:41 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:27 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 34 | 41 | 47 | 55 | 65 | 72 | 69 | 61 | 49 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Window Rock AP, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 899924 — Split Mesa, McKinley County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357586503
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