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Padgetts Bluff

Padgetts Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Padgetts Bluff is a cliff in California, at a recorded elevation of 1,414 m. Ball Mountain stands 2,373 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Inlow Butte, a peak 2.1 miles away. Volcanic Legacy passes 11 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1414 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.84098, -121.85278
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Natural arches: 14
  • Forbidden Arch: 15.1 mi
  • Dragons Mouth: 15.7 mi
  • Balcony Bridge: 17.2 mi
  • Boulevard Bridge: 17.2 mi
  • Bearpaw Bridge: 17.5 mi
Parks: 14
  • Good Duck Park: 18.2 mi
  • Turtle Campground: 18.5 mi
  • Spring Island Day Use Site: 20.6 mi
  • Tulelake-Butte Valley Fairgrounds: 20.6 mi
  • Keno Recreation Area: 20.7 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Gillems Camp: 15.3 mi
  • Fleener Chimneys: 15.7 mi
  • Canby Cross: 16.0 mi
  • Black Crater: 16.3 mi
  • Thomas-Wright Battlefield: 16.9 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Cedar Point: 6.7 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 15.0 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 15.0 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 15.0 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 15.2 mi
Historic sites: 6
Nature reserves: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Rest areas: 2
Museums: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Padgetts Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ball MountainWSW 259°2,373 m15.9 mi
Garner MountainS 173°2,195 m17.4 mi
Butte MountainW 271°2,103 m17.4 mi
Hamaker MountainNNW 339°2,003 m16.9 mi
Lookout ButteSE 138°1,982 m17.6 mi
Mount DomeESE 104°1,971 m8.8 mi
Sharp MountainSSE 156°1,904 m10.4 mi
Sheep MountainSSW 213°1,891 m3.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:20
June solstice05:3320:0420:47
September equinox06:5618:3019:06
December solstice07:3215:5516:40

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313539445360686759473731
Precip in2.92.01.81.61.30.70.30.40.51.32.43.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Keno, 18 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358805593

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