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Yellowjacket Peak

Yellowjacket Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Yellowjacket Peak rises to 2,147 m in New Mexico. Brushy Mountain stands 2,320 m to the east-northeast, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Dark Thunder Spring, a spring 0.9 miles away. Black Hills Back Country Byway passes 16 miles off.

The story

mountain in New Mexico, United States of America

Wikidata Q49091316, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2147 m

How to reach it

Coordinates32.96646, -109.00367

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Dark Thunder Spring: 0.9 mi
  • Horse Pasture Spring: 1.6 mi
  • Agate Spring: 2.4 mi
  • Hells Hole Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Fish Spring: 3.8 mi
Peaks
Parks: 8
Historic sites: 4
  • Graves: 15.8 mi
  • Morenci Southern Railway: 18.0 mi
  • Leopold Vista Historical Monument: 18.1 mi
  • Old Virden School: 19.2 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Greenlee County Fairgrounds: 16.7 mi
  • Shovel: 18.2 mi
Museums: 1
  • Greenlee County Historical: 18.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Frisco Camp Picnic Site: 18.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
Hot springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Sardine Falls: 22.1 mi
Nature reserves: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Yellowjacket Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Brushy MountainENE 58°2,320 m2.9 mi
Maverick HillNW 323°2,280 m5.2 mi
McMullen PeakNNW 329°2,271 m4.2 mi
Tillie Hall PeakN 357°2,222 m1.3 mi
Cold Spring MountainNW 319°2,143 m11.6 mi
Big Lue MountainsNW 321°2,139 m9.5 mi
Dry Section MountainE 89°2,127 m8.7 mi
Applegate MountainESE 106°2,125 m8.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5519:28
June solstice06:0919:5220:28
September equinox07:0518:4219:14
December solstice07:1616:3617:14

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434753606878828074625042
Precip in0.90.80.50.20.30.21.72.21.20.70.61.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Duncan, 17 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357600470

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