San Joaquin Butte
San Joaquin Butte is a cliff in California, at a recorded elevation of 686 m. Ely Mountain stands 2,091 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is San Joaquin River Gorge Special Recreation Management Area, a park 1.2 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 686 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- San Joaquin River Gorge Special Recreation Management Area: 1.2 mi
- San Joaquin River Gorge Management Area: 1.4 mi
- Kechaye Cultural Preserve: 7.3 mi
- North Fork Recreation Area Memorial Park: 11.8 mi
- Lost Lake Recreation Area: 12.1 mi
- Rock Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Marshall Hill: 3.8 mi
- Crook Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Backbone Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Bug Table: 4.5 mi
- Exact Center of California: 8.5 mi
- Academy: 12.4 mi
- Whites Cabin: 15.7 mi
- Cottonwood Park Arch: 17.7 mi
- Cottonwood Park Observation Point: 17.8 mi
- Big Sandy Bluff: 6.1 mi
- South Fork Bluffs: 14.6 mi
- Grand Bluff: 17.4 mi
- San Joaquin River Bluffs: 19.6 mi
- San Joaquin River Bluffs: 20.2 mi
- Arnold Spring: 9.7 mi
- Home Spring: 13.6 mi
- Chimney Spring: 14.1 mi
- Rock Spring: 15.0 mi
- Vichy Spring: 15.1 mi
- Eagle Point Day Use Area: 15.2 mi
- Rocky Point Picnic Ground: 16.2 mi
- Pine Point Day Use: 16.4 mi
- Lakeside Day Use Area: 16.7 mi
- The Falls Picnic Site: 18.1 mi
- Millerton Courthouse Museum: 9.8 mi
- Sierra-Mono Indian Museum: 11.3 mi
- Museum of the Sierra: 13.3 mi
- Coarsegold Historic Museum: 13.4 mi
- Fresno Flats Historic Village and Park: 18.9 mi
- Big Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 3.1 mi
- San Joaquin Experimental Range: 11.2 mi
- Kinsman Flat Wildlife Area: 14.0 mi
- Whisky Snowmobile Area: 15.7 mi
- Parkway Trust / Caglia: 18.2 mi
- Table Mountain Casino: 8.1 mi
- Clovis Botanical Garden: 17.5 mi
- Willow Creek Trail: 18.5 mi
- Clovis Rodeo Grounds: 19.0 mi
- Rotary Sports Center: 22.4 mi
- Stevenson Creek Falls: 12.5 mi
- Whisky Falls: 16.2 mi
- Angel Falls: 18.7 mi
- Line Creek Falls: 22.8 mi
- Corlieu Falls: 24.5 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 18.9 mi
- Clovis Rodeo Statue: 19.1 mi
- Tollhouse Crossing: 18.0 mi
- Oakhurst: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of San Joaquin Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ely Mountain | ENE 67° | 2,091 m | 16.1 mi |
| Musick Mountain | ENE 61° | 2,065 m | 14.7 mi |
| Mount Stevenson | ENE 72° | 1,941 m | 12.5 mi |
| Source Point | NE 38° | 1,888 m | 13.8 mi |
| Peckinpah Mountain | NNE 16° | 1,827 m | 14.9 mi |
| Flume Peak | ENE 66° | 1,813 m | 12.7 mi |
| Mormon Hill | NNE 29° | 1,810 m | 13.1 mi |
| Lion Point | NE 44° | 1,525 m | 12.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:43 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:22 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:09 | 16:05 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 48 | 52 | 57 | 65 | 74 | 81 | 80 | 75 | 64 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Auberry 2 NW, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358800045
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