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Stinking Springs

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Elevation, modelled
1,597 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
Roof Butte2,952 m · 24.6 mi
Nearest byway
Trail of the Ancients - NM0.7 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
20:38local time
Coordinates
36.6513, -108.7189
Stinking Springs, seen from above at true elevation

Stinking Springs is a spring in New Mexico, at a modelled 1,597 m. Roof Butte stands 2,952 m to the west-southwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Cactus Peak, a peak 2.4 miles away. Trail of the Ancients - NM passes 0.7 miles off. 57 named places lie within 25 miles, 39 of them named summits.

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Stinking Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Roof ButteWSW 238°2,952 m24.6 mi
Beautiful MountainSW 233°2,696 m18.7 mi
White RockWSW 251°2,022 m18.0 mi
Black RockW 269°2,020 m23.1 mi
Mitten RockWSW 257°1,998 m12.8 mi
Red RockWSW 253°1,942 m20.9 mi
Bennett PeakS 183°1,931 m19.0 mi
Thieving RockNNE 27°1,917 m24.5 mi

Overlooks nearby

57 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 39
Springs: 4
Cliffs: 2
Artworks: 1
  • KC: 20.6 mi
DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5319:27
June solstice05:5719:5920:38
September equinox07:0318:3919:13
December solstice07:2416:2317:03

Local time (America/Denver).

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303543505968757365523930
Precip in0.60.50.50.50.30.20.71.01.00.80.50.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fruitland, 21 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs9771,1121,4672,5334,3424,8101,9231,2311,1381,1631,011973

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge San Juan River AT Shiprock, NM, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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