Wheat Mountain
Wheat Mountain rises to 2,174 m in New Mexico. Mount Taylor stands 3,449 m to the northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Frog Mesa, a cliff 2.3 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 5.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49088899, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,174 m
How to reach it
- 5.4 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 25.6 mi off the Trail of the Ancients - NM, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Grey Hill: 2.7 mi
- Heart Peak: 3.7 mi
- South Oak Canyon Mesa: 3.7 mi
- East Paraje Mesa: 3.9 mi
- Flint Peak: 4.3 mi
- Canovitas Spring: 12.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 12.9 mi
- Upper American Canyon Spring: 14.4 mi
- Lower American Canyon Spring: 15.0 mi
- Ojo Piedra Spring: 15.4 mi
- Frog Mesa: 2.3 mi
- Seama Mesa: 7.4 mi
- Sharp Point: 11.7 mi
- Puerto Grande: 14.8 mi
- Crow Point: 15.3 mi
- Mount Taylor Fields: 3.7 mi
- Marquez Wildlife Area: 21.0 mi
- L Bar Ranch: 21.9 mi
- Truman Park: 23.5 mi
- Smokey Circle: 23.9 mi
- Phillips 66 Gas Station: 6.5 mi
- Breaking Bad First Cook Site: 16.0 mi
- El Malpais Visitor Center: 24.0 mi
- Route 66 Drive-Thru Neon Sign: 24.9 mi
- Acoma Museum: 17.0 mi
- Cibola County History Museum: 24.8 mi
- New Mexico Mining Museum: 24.8 mi
- Marquez Wildlife Management Area: 16.6 mi
- Pronoun Cave Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 24.8 mi
- Acomita Rest Area: 7.9 mi
- Grants Historic Marker: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Wheat Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Taylor | NW 311° | 3,449 m | 14.1 mi |
| Cerro Pelon | NW 326° | 3,057 m | 13.6 mi |
| Cerro Osha | NNW 329° | 2,947 m | 14.4 mi |
| Microwave Ridge | WNW 300° | 2,807 m | 11.7 mi |
| Cerro Redondo | NNW 345° | 2,735 m | 14.4 mi |
| Cerro Ortiz | NNW 343° | 2,674 m | 10.7 mi |
| Cerro Frio | NNW 345° | 2,576 m | 11.3 mi |
| La Sierrita | NE 36° | 2,325 m | 13.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 19:50 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:35 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:23 | 17:02 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 38 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 70 | 74 | 71 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cubero, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357581890
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