Two Fault Butte
Two Fault Butte rises to 2,266 m in New Mexico. Mount Taylor stands 3,449 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Haystack Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 4.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in New Mexico, United States of America
Wikidata Q49086370, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2266 m
How to reach it
- 4.7 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 4.7 mi off the Trail of the Ancients - NM, National
- 27.0 mi off the Chain of Craters Back Country Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Lava Caves (entry forbidden) · 28 mi
- lava caves (no entry) · 29 mi
- lava caves (no entry) · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Haystack Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Goat Mountain: 3.0 mi
- El Tintero: 3.0 mi
- Mesa Montanosa: 3.0 mi
- Little Haystack Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Many Mexican Spring: 16.4 mi
- Ojo del Chopo: 16.6 mi
- Owl Spring: 17.1 mi
- Blue Water Spring: 17.3 mi
- Twin Spring: 18.9 mi
- Josephine Elkins Park: 13.7 mi
- McElroy Park: 14.5 mi
- Neighborhood Park: 15.7 mi
- Smokey Circle: 15.9 mi
- Fire and Ice Park: 16.1 mi
- Punta Burro: 8.7 mi
- Jim Point: 9.3 mi
- Rancho Perfecto Point: 15.3 mi
- Lookout Mountain Rim: 23.3 mi
- Gumbo Point: 24.6 mi
- Western New Mexico Aviation Heritage Museum: 14.7 mi
- Cibola County History Museum: 16.1 mi
- Cibola County History Museum: 16.1 mi
- New Mexico Mining Museum: 16.1 mi
- Mount Taylor Historic Marker: 16.1 mi
- New Mexico State Historic Marker: 16.2 mi
- Grants Historic Marker: 18.1 mi
- San Rafael Historical marker: 18.2 mi
- Casamero Community ACEC: 7.5 mi
- Bluewater Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 8.1 mi
- Route 66 Drive-Thru Neon Sign: 16.1 mi
- Roy T. Herman's Garage: 16.4 mi
- Anaconda, New Mexico: 8.7 mi
- Jesus: 14.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Two Fault Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Taylor | ESE 117° | 3,449 m | 20.8 mi |
| Cerro Venada | ESE 110° | 2,824 m | 19.7 mi |
| Mount Sedgwick | SSW 213° | 2,819 m | 16.6 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | WSW 241° | 2,777 m | 22.3 mi |
| Mount Powell | WNW 290° | 2,653 m | 18.2 mi |
| Hosta Butte | NW 315° | 2,628 m | 20.5 mi |
| Salitre Mesa | SW 222° | 2,625 m | 14.5 mi |
| La Jara Mesa | ESE 122° | 2,612 m | 14.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 19:53 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:37 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 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, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 895983 — Two Fault Butte, McKinley County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357581430
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