- 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 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roof Butte | WSW 238° | 2,952 m | 24.6 mi |
| Beautiful Mountain | SW 233° | 2,696 m | 18.7 mi |
| White Rock | WSW 251° | 2,022 m | 18.0 mi |
| Black Rock | W 269° | 2,020 m | 23.1 mi |
| Mitten Rock | WSW 257° | 1,998 m | 12.8 mi |
| Red Rock | WSW 253° | 1,942 m | 20.9 mi |
| Bennett Peak | S 183° | 1,931 m | 19.0 mi |
| Thieving Rock | NNE 27° | 1,917 m | 24.5 mi |
- 0.7 mi off the Trail of the Ancients - NMNational
Overlooks nearby
- Lehmer Lookout · 28 mi
57 named places within 25 miles
- Cactus Peak: 2.4 mi
- Table Mesa: 3.9 mi
- Barber Peak: 4.6 mi
- Yellow Hill: 10.8 mi
- Tocito Dome: 11.1 mi
- Wheeler (River Tract): 12.7 mi
- Bradshaw (River Tracts): 14.3 mi
- Schneider (River Tracts): 14.8 mi
- Jewett Valley (River Tracts): 16.7 mi
- Subdivision (River Tract): 24.8 mi
- Shiprock Historical Marker: 6.8 mi
- Nizhoni Park: 9.2 mi
- Hogback Historical Marker: 9.4 mi
- Beclabito Dome Historical Marker: 21.2 mi
- Sunshine Spring: 19.3 mi
- Sand Spring: 19.9 mi
- Navajo Spring: 24.3 mi
- Tuurkava Paachihpi Spring: 24.5 mi
- Cathedral Cliff: 3.1 mi
- Chimney Rock: 20.6 mi
- Brigham Young Junior House Historic Site: 18.9 mi
- Snake Bridge: 23.1 mi
- KC: 20.6 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 19:59 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:23 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 35 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 68 | 75 | 73 | 65 | 52 | 39 | 30 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
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.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 977 | 1,112 | 1,467 | 2,533 | 4,342 | 4,810 | 1,923 | 1,231 | 1,138 | 1,163 | 1,011 | 973 |
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.
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