Stagecoach · 1,890 m · 6.2 km N

Mountain · Arizona

West and East Mitten Buttes

1,882 m6,176 ft

Prominence: 286 m939 ft
Isolation: 2.2 km
Tonight: 45°FPartly cloudy · Wind 5–10 mph NW

West and East Mitten Buttes is a 1,882 m (6,176 ft) mountain in Arizona, United States.

All facts

Elevation: 1,882 m · 6,176 ft
Nearest higher peak: Mitchell Butte (1,884 m)
Region: Arizona, United States
Protected area: Navajo Nation Reservation
Coordinates: 36.9903° N, 110.0954° W

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3D map

West and East Mitten Buttes 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

West and East Mitten Buttes terrain and contours

20 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the summit

West and East Mitten Buttes elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

West and East Mitten Buttes weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 45°F (7°C) · 38% chance of precipitation · Wind 5–10 mph NW

West and East Mitten Buttes forecast for the summit, about 1,592 m.

Tonight45°38%5–10 mph NW
Sat44°57°63%5–10 mph NNW
Sun41°57°11%0–5 mph SW
Mon43°58°–5 mph NE
Tue43°62°–5–10 mph SSE
Wed43°60°2%5 mph S
Thu44°60°16%0–10 mph SE

Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 22:13 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6 × 6 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.

Mostly gentle: 86% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

85.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

8.7%

Steep, 30–45°

3.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.5%

Steeper than 30°: 5.4% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 479 m low point 1,528 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Bare rock / sparse 91.8%Shrubland 7.1%Grassland 0.9%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 3 km, measured from the West and East Mitten Buttes summit.

Summit list 3

1Merrick's Butte1,892 m 1.4 km SE
2Sentinel Mesa1,956 m 2.0 km NNW
3Mitchell Mesa2,004 m 2.4 km SW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3 km; 120 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Desert Spiny Lizard51
Common Side-blotched Lizard41
Utah Juniper20
House Sparrow13
Canaigre Dock12
Long-nosed Leopard Lizard12

Where it sits

Where West and East Mitten Buttes sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Chaco Wash216 km ESE

Downloads

West and East Mitten Buttes downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGWest and East Mitten Buttes satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-08-06.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,877 m at the summit; the official height is 1,882 m.

A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal. The 90 m model misses by 168 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,882 m	—
USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page)	1,877 m	-5 m
Copernicus GLO-30	1,798 m	-84 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,715 m	-168 m

Data sources

Terrain: U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-06)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Protected area: USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · Wikipedia