Sunflower Mesa
Sunflower Mesa rises to 1,872 m in New Mexico. Brushy Mountain stands 2,320 m to the south-southeast, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Hell Hole Wilderness Study Area, a park 2.5 miles away. Black Hills Back Country Byway passes 17 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Grant County, New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49080104, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,872 m
How to reach it
- 16.9 mi off the Black Hills Back Country Byway
- 19.1 mi off the Coronado Trail Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Dripping Spring: 2.8 mi
- Mule Spring: 3.0 mi
- Upper Hells Hole Spring: 5.5 mi
- Rock Spring: 5.5 mi
- Willis Spring: 5.7 mi
- McMullen Peak: 3.7 mi
- Maverick Hill: 4.2 mi
- Tillie Hall Peak: 4.9 mi
- Brushy Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Winchester Peak: 5.1 mi
- Hell Hole Wilderness Study Area: 2.5 mi
- Leopold Vista Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
- Blackbridge Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
- Riverview Park: 18.0 mi
- County Ball fields: 19.1 mi
- Graves: 12.4 mi
- Leopold Vista Historical Monument: 13.0 mi
- Morenci Southern Railway: 18.6 mi
- OFFICIAL SCENIC HISTORIC MARKER: 21.9 mi
- Frisco Camp Picnic Site: 13.7 mi
- Cherry Lodge Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Sardine Saddle Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- Sardine Saddle Family Picnic: 24.5 mi
- Evans Point: 18.3 mi
- Final Point: 23.2 mi
- Windy Point: 24.4 mi
- Shovel: 17.6 mi
- Greenlee County Fairgrounds: 22.8 mi
- Greenlee County Historical: 17.9 mi
- Sardine Falls: 18.8 mi
- State Game Commission Land: 19.5 mi
- Stargo: 21.2 mi
- Gillard Hot Spring: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Sunflower Mesa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brushy Mountain | SSE 157° | 2,320 m | 5.0 mi |
| Maverick Hill | WSW 241° | 2,280 m | 4.2 mi |
| McMullen Peak | SW 227° | 2,271 m | 3.7 mi |
| Tillie Hall Peak | S 187° | 2,222 m | 4.9 mi |
| Yellowjacket Peak | S 185° | 2,147 m | 6.2 mi |
| Cold Spring Mountain | WNW 287° | 2,143 m | 8.5 mi |
| Big Lue Mountains | W 280° | 2,139 m | 6.6 mi |
| Dry Section Mountain | SE 126° | 2,127 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:55 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 19:52 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:42 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 16:36 | 17:14 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 53 | 59 | 66 | 74 | 84 | 87 | 85 | 79 | 69 | 56 | 47 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clifton, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 911492 — Sunflower Mesa, Grant County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357599546
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