Cliff · California
Butte Creek Rim
Butte Creek Rim is a cliff in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,324 m. Magee Peak stands 2,563 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Negro Camp Mountain, a peak 2.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1324 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.85155, -121.35442
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Negro Camp Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Coble Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Bald Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Ladder Butte: 3.8 mi
- Cinder Cone: 5.6 mi
Parks: 6
- Fall River Lions Community Park: 11.5 mi
- Hat Creek Park: 13.7 mi
- Washburn Blue Park: 16.3 mi
- Burney Civic Park: 16.8 mi
- Clara Bieber Memorial Park: 21.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Hat Creek Rim: 4.3 mi
- Butte Creek Rim: 6.9 mi
- Beaver Creek Rim: 7.9 mi
- Red Cliff: 17.0 mi
- Gray Cliff: 17.8 mi
Attractions: 5
- Hat Creek Radio Observatory: 6.4 mi
- "Stand by Me" Bridge: 17.8 mi
- Hot Rock: 23.0 mi
- Devastated Area: 23.8 mi
- Seismograph: 24.4 mi
Waterfalls: 5
- Pit River Falls: 11.2 mi
- Young Falls: 13.4 mi
- Burney Falls: 19.1 mi
- Clark Creek Falls: 20.9 mi
- Rock Creek Falls: 22.2 mi
Historic sites: 2
- Lockhart Ferry: 11.4 mi
- Site of the First School in Fall River Valley: 15.2 mi
Picnic sites: 2
- Old Station Day Use Area: 13.1 mi
- Hat Creek Campground Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
Springs: 2
- Panther Spring: 22.6 mi
- Old Boundary Spring: 23.7 mi
Museums: 1
- Fort Crook Museum: 11.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Bogard Rest Area: 19.7 mi
Nature reserves: 1
- Lassen Volcanic National Park: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Butte Creek Rim. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magee Peak | SW 231° | 2,563 m | 17.9 mi |
| Crater Peak | SW 233° | 2,552 m | 17.5 mi |
| West Prospect Peak | S 184° | 2,463 m | 17.9 mi |
| Fredonyer Peak | SW 228° | 2,412 m | 17.2 mi |
| Burney Mountain | WSW 258° | 2,395 m | 14.6 mi |
| Freaner Peak | SW 235° | 2,250 m | 13.7 mi |
| Blacks Mountain | ESE 122° | 2,222 m | 10.1 mi |
| Harvey Mountain | ESE 115° | 2,217 m | 18.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:00 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:58 | 16:41 |
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, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358797120
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- Lassen Volcanic National Park · 25 mi
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