Wheat Grass Butte
Wheat Grass Butte rises to 2,409 m in New Mexico. Mount Powell stands 2,653 m to the southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Water Spring, a spring 1.0 miles away. Trail of the Ancients - NM passes 2.0 miles off. 74 named places lie within 25 miles, 53 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49088896, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,409 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Trail of the Ancients - NM, National
- 15.1 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
74 named places within 25 miles
- Big Point: 1.5 mi
- Red Butte: 2.2 mi
- White Water Mesa: 2.4 mi
- Cream Colored Rock: 3.0 mi
- The Cup: 4.3 mi
- Blue Water Spring: 1.0 mi
- Many Mexican Spring: 1.8 mi
- Owl Spring: 3.2 mi
- Ojo del Chopo: 9.4 mi
- Carvco Spring: 11.3 mi
- Punta Burro: 15.2 mi
- Jim Point: 15.9 mi
- Gumbo Point: 19.3 mi
- Rancho Perfecto Point: 20.4 mi
- Casamero Community ACEC: 11.7 mi
- Bluewater Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 20.6 mi
- Roy T. Herman's Garage: 16.7 mi
- Pinedale Hoodoos: 21.4 mi
- New Mexico State Historic Marker: 16.2 mi
- Anaconda, New Mexico: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wheat Grass Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Powell | SW 231° | 2,653 m | 13.8 mi |
| Hosta Butte | W 267° | 2,628 m | 8.0 mi |
| San Mateo Mesa | ESE 124° | 2,513 m | 20.6 mi |
| Mesa de Ortega | ESE 122° | 2,506 m | 19.0 mi |
| Mesa de Jaramillo | SE 126° | 2,498 m | 10.9 mi |
| Big Point | S 178° | 2,495 m | 1.5 mi |
| Muggy Point | ESE 120° | 2,470 m | 17.2 mi |
| Las Mesas | ESE 119° | 2,454 m | 15.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:51 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 19:54 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:37 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:24 | 17:03 |
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, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357613008
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