Yellow Hill
Yellow Hill rises to 1,802 m in New Mexico. Puertecita stands 2,308 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Flint Peak, a peak 1.2 miles away. Historic Route 66 passes 1.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in New Mexico, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49091255, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,802 m
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Historic Route 66, National
- 29.4 mi off the Trail of the Ancients - NM, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Flint Peak: 1.2 mi
- Middle Hill: 1.6 mi
- The Indian Peaks: 1.9 mi
- Bang-Bang Hill: 1.9 mi
- Two Feathers Hill: 1.9 mi
- Canovitas Spring: 17.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 18.2 mi
- Upper American Canyon Spring: 19.6 mi
- Lower American Canyon Spring: 20.3 mi
- Ojo Piedra Spring: 20.7 mi
- Frog Mesa: 4.2 mi
- Sharp Point: 8.2 mi
- Seama Mesa: 8.8 mi
- Standing Rock: 14.1 mi
- Puerto Grande: 16.4 mi
- Mount Taylor Fields: 5.3 mi
- Marquez Wildlife Area: 24.2 mi
- L Bar Ranch: 24.3 mi
- Phillips 66 Gas Station: 9.9 mi
- Breaking Bad First Cook Site: 12.6 mi
- Rio Puerco Bridge: 23.2 mi
- Marquez Wildlife Management Area: 19.4 mi
- Pronoun Cave Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 20.8 mi
- Acomita Rest Area: 11.5 mi
- Acoma Museum: 16.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Yellow Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Puertecita | NNE 13° | 2,308 m | 14.7 mi |
| Cerro Negro | N 2° | 2,190 m | 10.5 mi |
| Wheat Mountain | NW 314° | 2,174 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mesa del Lobo | NNE 18° | 2,163 m | 11.6 mi |
| Petoch Butte | SW 214° | 2,102 m | 14.8 mi |
| Picacho Peak | WNW 300° | 2,088 m | 9.5 mi |
| La Mesa | NNW 345° | 2,088 m | 10.5 mi |
| South Butte | SW 215° | 2,070 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 19:50 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 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, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 900003 — Yellow Hill, Cibola County, New Mexico.
OpenStreetMap element node/357586681
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