The Cup
The Cup rises to 2,325 m in New Mexico. Mount Powell stands 2,653 m to the southwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Owl Spring, a spring 1.4 miles away. Trail of the Ancients - NM passes 0.6 miles off. 89 named places lie within 25 miles, 56 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in New Mexico, United States of America
Wikidata Q49082320, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2325 m
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Trail of the Ancients - NM, National
- 12.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
89 named places within 25 miles
- Cream Colored Rock: 1.6 mi
- Big Point: 3.9 mi
- Wheat Grass Butte: 4.3 mi
- Hosta Butte: 4.5 mi
- Red Butte: 6.4 mi
- Owl Spring: 1.4 mi
- Blue Water Spring: 4.3 mi
- Many Mexican Spring: 6.1 mi
- Carvco Spring: 7.6 mi
- Red Willow Spring: 11.4 mi
- Continental Divide Historical Marker: 12.8 mi
- Continental Divide Historical Marker: 14.5 mi
- Continental Divide Historical Marker: 14.7 mi
- Long Park: 23.9 mi
- Chaco Cliffs Historical Marker: 24.7 mi
- Punta Burro: 17.7 mi
- Jim Point: 18.4 mi
- Rancho Perfecto Point: 23.6 mi
- Gumbo Point: 23.6 mi
- Lookout Mountain Rim: 25.0 mi
- Roy T. Herman's Garage: 13.0 mi
- Pinedale Hoodoos: 17.6 mi
- Pinedale Hoodoos: 18.4 mi
- Pinedale Hoodoos: 19.8 mi
- Casamero Community ACEC: 10.3 mi
- Bluewater Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 19.1 mi
- New Mexico State Historic Marker: 12.5 mi
- Fort Wingate Historical Marker: 24.9 mi
- Anaconda, New Mexico: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Cup. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Powell | SW 225° | 2,653 m | 9.6 mi |
| Hosta Butte | WNW 290° | 2,628 m | 4.5 mi |
| Salitre Mesa | S 179° | 2,625 m | 23.7 mi |
| San Mateo Mesa | ESE 114° | 2,513 m | 23.0 mi |
| Mesa de Ortega | ESE 112° | 2,506 m | 21.5 mi |
| Mesa de Jaramillo | ESE 109° | 2,498 m | 13.4 mi |
| Big Point | E 82° | 2,495 m | 3.9 mi |
| The Rincon | SW 215° | 2,489 m | 23.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 19:54 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:37 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:24 | 17:04 |
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 | 35 | 41 | 48 | 56 | 67 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Thoreau 12 SE, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357583875
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