Yellow Butte
Yellow Butte rises to 1,570 m in New Mexico. Pastora Peak stands 2,861 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Cone, a peak 3.3 miles away. Trail of the Ancients - NM passes 1.1 miles off. 78 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49091226, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,570 m
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Trail of the Ancients - NM, National
- 27.1 mi off the Trail of the Ancients, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lehmer Lookout · 30 mi
78 named places within 25 miles
- Black Cone: 3.3 mi
- Volcano Peak: 4.6 mi
- White Hill: 4.6 mi
- Blue Hill: 6.3 mi
- Skinney Rock: 6.8 mi
- Cliff Palace Viewpoint: 16.0 mi
- Doubled Walled Tower: 20.3 mi
- Four Corners Monument: 20.4 mi
- Sixteen Window House: 23.0 mi
- Indian Ruins: 23.3 mi
- Brigham Young Junior House Historic Site: 19.7 mi
- Kiva Point: 20.3 mi
- Mesa Verde West Rim: 23.2 mi
- Inaccessible House: 23.6 mi
- Casa Colorado: 23.7 mi
- Chimney Rock: 6.8 mi
- Cathedral Cliff: 17.1 mi
- Kaan Paachihpi: 18.8 mi
- Soda Point: 24.3 mi
- Echo Cliff: 24.7 mi
- Sunshine Spring: 10.4 mi
- Stinking Springs: 14.1 mi
- Wing Spring: 14.9 mi
- Navajo Spring: 18.6 mi
- Tuurkava Paachihpi Spring: 18.8 mi
- Wheeler (River Tract): 13.3 mi
- Bradshaw (River Tracts): 14.2 mi
- Schneider (River Tracts): 15.1 mi
- Jewett Valley (River Tracts): 17.4 mi
- Nizhoni Park: 5.3 mi
- Tohache Recreation Area: 21.1 mi
- Lower Twin Falls: 21.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Yellow Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pastora Peak | W 260° | 2,861 m | 24.9 mi |
| Zilbetod Peak | W 263° | 2,820 m | 24.6 mi |
| Coyote Mesa | NNE 14° | 2,272 m | 23.7 mi |
| East Toe | N 350° | 2,267 m | 23.9 mi |
| West Ute Mesa | NNE 16° | 2,163 m | 20.3 mi |
| West Toe | NNW 346° | 2,158 m | 24.5 mi |
| Eagle Eye Mesa | NNE 22° | 2,142 m | 23.5 mi |
| Mesa | NNE 19° | 2,098 m | 13.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:00 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:22 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 40 | 49 | 56 | 65 | 76 | 81 | 78 | 70 | 58 | 45 | 35 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Teec NOS POS, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 902855 — Yellow Butte, San Juan County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357591499
Take the scenic way to Yellow Butte.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.