Cliff · California
Elephant Butte
Elephant Butte is a cliff in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,072 m. Bald Eagle Mountain stands 2,179 m to the east-northeast, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Grizzly Dome, a peak 1.0 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1072 m
How to reach it
Coordinates39.87627, -121.36247
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Grizzly Dome: 1.0 mi
- Sugar Loaf Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Bear Ranch Hill: 2.1 mi
- Duffey Dome: 3.2 mi
- The Island: 3.4 mi
Parks: 29
- Crain Memorial Park: 10.9 mi
- Moore Road Ball Park: 13.6 mi
- Terry Ashe Park: 15.9 mi
- Rotary Grove: 16.0 mi
- Bille Park: 16.0 mi
Waterfalls: 24
- Curtain Falls: 15.1 mi
- Feather Falls: 16.8 mi
- Phantom Falls: 21.2 mi
- Little Phantom Falls: 21.3 mi
- Ravine Twin Falls: 21.5 mi
Springs: 11
- Frog Spring: 12.4 mi
- Cold Springs: 15.7 mi
- Hespol Memorial Spring: 17.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 20.5 mi
- Hog Spring: 21.4 mi
Cliffs: 7
- East China Point: 9.3 mi
- Marble Cone: 13.6 mi
- Cape Horn: 15.5 mi
- Rocky Point: 20.9 mi
- Clarenback Point: 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 4
- Sandy Point Day Use: 9.5 mi
- Paradise Lake Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
- Philbrook Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Five Mile: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- Brush: 12.6 mi
- Caribou: 17.8 mi
- Bloomer: 18.7 mi
- Bidwell's Bar: 22.5 mi
Museums: 4
- Depot Museum: 16.3 mi
- Plumas County Museum: 22.4 mi
- Plumas County Museum: 22.4 mi
- Frank C. Reilly Museum: 24.1 mi
Historic sites: 4
- World Trade Center artifact: 22.0 mi
- Beatson Corral: 22.7 mi
- Vehicle: 24.0 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 24.9 mi
Nature reserves: 3
- Bucks Lake Wilderness: 10.6 mi
- North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 22.6 mi
- Deer Creek Preserve: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Elephant Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Eagle Mountain | ENE 58° | 2,179 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mount Pleasant | ENE 60° | 2,150 m | 12.0 mi |
| Snow Mountain | NNW 347° | 2,127 m | 13.4 mi |
| Spanish Peak | ENE 72° | 2,126 m | 13.1 mi |
| Spring Valley Mountain | N 355° | 2,081 m | 9.8 mi |
| Bucks Mountain | ENE 70° | 2,068 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Hope | N 6° | 2,007 m | 9.7 mi |
| Humbug Summit | N 358° | 2,007 m | 16.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:57 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:29 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:02 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 45 | 49 | 53 | 60 | 68 | 75 | 74 | 69 | 60 | 49 | 43 |
| Precip in | 11.9 | 11.8 | 9.6 | 5.2 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 6.4 | 13.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — DE Sabla, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/358775668
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