Cliff · California
Butte Creek Rim
Butte Creek Rim is a cliff in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,653 m. Magee Peak stands 2,563 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Ladder Butte, a peak 4.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1653 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.75377, -121.32858
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Ladder Butte: 4.1 mi
- Negro Camp Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Signal Butte: 6.9 mi
- Blacks Mountain: 7.4 mi
- Sugarloaf Peak: 8.0 mi
Cliffs: 9
- Hat Creek Rim: 6.2 mi
- Butte Creek Rim: 6.9 mi
- Beaver Creek Rim: 14.1 mi
- Red Cliff: 15.0 mi
- Gray Cliff: 16.0 mi
Attractions: 8
- Hat Creek Radio Observatory: 8.6 mi
- Hot Rock: 17.4 mi
- Devastated Area: 17.9 mi
- Seismograph: 19.4 mi
- Devils Kitchen: 22.3 mi
Springs: 7
- Panther Spring: 15.7 mi
- Old Boundary Spring: 17.8 mi
- Cascade Springs: 19.6 mi
- Onion Springs: 22.1 mi
- Cold Boiling Spring: 22.1 mi
Waterfalls: 5
- Pit River Falls: 17.7 mi
- Young Falls: 20.0 mi
- Kings Creek Falls: 21.2 mi
- Mill Creek Falls: 23.7 mi
- Burney Falls: 24.6 mi
Parks: 5
- Fall River Lions Community Park: 18.2 mi
- Washburn Blue Park: 19.5 mi
- Hat Creek Park: 19.5 mi
- Burney Civic Park: 20.1 mi
- Swain Mountain Experimental Forest: 24.8 mi
Hot springs: 5
- Drakesbad Hot Springs: 21.9 mi
- Turquoise Pool: 22.3 mi
- Big Boiler: 22.4 mi
- Pyrite Pool: 22.4 mi
- Terminal Geyser: 23.1 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Old Station Day Use Area: 8.1 mi
- Hat Creek Campground Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
- Kings Creek Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
Historic sites: 3
- Lockhart Ferry: 18.2 mi
- Site of the First School in Fall River Valley: 21.9 mi
- Mount Harkness Lookout: 22.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Bogard Rest Area: 13.8 mi
Museums: 1
- Fort Crook Museum: 18.2 mi
Nature reserves: 1
- Lassen Volcanic National Park: 18.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Butte Creek Rim. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magee Peak | WSW 254° | 2,563 m | 16.0 mi |
| Crater Peak | WSW 256° | 2,552 m | 15.8 mi |
| Prospect Peak | S 184° | 2,538 m | 12.5 mi |
| West Prospect Peak | SSW 194° | 2,463 m | 11.4 mi |
| Black Butte | SSE 160° | 2,435 m | 15.5 mi |
| Fredonyer Peak | WSW 252° | 2,412 m | 14.9 mi |
| Burney Mountain | WNW 283° | 2,395 m | 16.1 mi |
| Ash Butte | SSE 169° | 2,306 m | 16.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:59 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:58 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 38 | 43 | 48 | 56 | 63 | 69 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 41 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — HAT Creek, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358797121
Day trips start here
- Lassen Volcanic National Park · 18 mi
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