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Button Point

Button Point, seen from above at true elevation

Button Point is a cliff in Nevada, at a recorded elevation of 1,375 m. Sonoma Peak stands 2,864 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Button Point Rest Area, a rest area 0.8 miles away. 63 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1375 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.02435, -117.58568
Around it

63 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 28
  • Giants Grave: 3.5 mi
  • Golconda Butte: 4.4 mi
  • Round Hill: 5.5 mi
  • Spoon Mountain: 6.2 mi
  • Granite Hills: 6.7 mi
Springs: 18
  • Railroad Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Ridge Top Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Ridge Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Sulphur Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Barrett Springs: 17.2 mi
Parks: 8
  • Golconda Park: 7.1 mi
  • Fish Pond Park: 7.3 mi
  • Frontier Park: 7.8 mi
  • Vesco Park: 8.1 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 8.3 mi
Historic sites: 5
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Button Point Rest Area: 0.8 mi
Museums: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sonoma PeakS 186°2,864 m11.4 mi
Adam PeakENE 57°2,634 m17.4 mi
Buffalo MountainSSE 148°2,415 m22.5 mi
Bloody Run PeakNW 317°2,392 m13.9 mi
Dun Glen PeakSW 226°2,255 m22.3 mi
Auld Lang Syne PeakSW 219°2,248 m24.8 mi
Soldier CapNE 49°2,123 m18.6 mi
Winnemucca MountainW 263°2,053 m9.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:03
June solstice05:1919:4520:27
September equinox06:3918:1318:49
December solstice07:1315:4216:26

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313542475766757263503931

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Golconda, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357545885

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