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San Felipe-Butterfield Stage Station Historical Marker

San Felipe-Butterfield Stage Station Historical Marker from directly overhead

San Felipe-Butterfield Stage Station Historical Marker is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 725 m. Hot Springs Mountain stands 1,985 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Cigarette Hills, a peak 0.9 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Material
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Inscription
Here the southern trail of explorers, trappers, soldiers, and emigrants crossed ancient trade routes of Kamia, Cahuilla, Diegueno, and Luiseno Indians. On the flat southwest across the creek, Warren F. Hall built and operated the San Felipe home station o
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Coordinates33.09823, -116.48915
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Cigarette Hills: 0.9 mi
  • Cigarette Hills: 1.5 mi
  • Grapevine Mountain: 2.0 mi
  • Sentenac Mountain: 2.7 mi
  • Granite Mountain: 3.3 mi
Springs
  • Bitter Creek Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Angelina Spring: 4.0 mi
  • Stuart Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Pinyon Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Willow Spring: 5.7 mi
Artworks: 45
  • Hubbell Gateway: 6.4 mi
  • Utahraptor: 10.5 mi
  • Tyrannosaurus Rex: 10.5 mi
  • Carnotaurus / Allosaurus: 10.6 mi
  • Spinosaurus: 10.7 mi
Parks: 28
  • Volcan Mountains Wilderness Preserve: 5.5 mi
  • Jess Martin County Park: 6.3 mi
  • Julian County Park: 6.7 mi
  • Frank Lane Park: 7.0 mi
  • cactus loop trail: 7.3 mi
Attractions: 18
  • Grinding Rock: 4.0 mi
  • Grinding Rock: 4.0 mi
  • Warlock Mine: 4.8 mi
  • Volcan Mountain Air Beacon: 5.2 mi
  • Eagle Mine: 6.4 mi
Historic sites: 15
Cliffs: 11
Waterfalls: 9
  • Maidenhair Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Mildred Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Three Sisters Waterfalls: 14.4 mi
  • Cedar Creek Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Washtub Falls: 18.0 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Picnic sites: 6
  • BBQ Area: 4.5 mi
  • Day Use Picnic Site: 7.2 mi
  • Picnic Table: 10.3 mi
  • Pioneer Mail Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
  • Desert View Picnic Area: 16.4 mi
Museums: 6
Nature reserves: 5
Rest areas: 2
Gardens: 2
  • desert garden: 7.2 mi
  • Stuart Alan Whitmore Memorial Garden: 18.0 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Warner Hot Spring: 15.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of San Felipe-Butterfield Stage Station Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hot Springs MountainNNW 341°1,985 m15.9 mi
Cuyamaca PeakSSW 213°1,979 m12.5 mi
Monument PeakSSE 164°1,904 m14.8 mi
Wooded HillS 170°1,894 m17.3 mi
Stephenson PeakSSE 164°1,889 m16.0 mi
San Ysidro MountainN 357°1,873.6 m10.8 mi
Piñon PointSSE 165°1,832 m16.3 mi
North PeakSW 222°1,826 m8.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2518:58
June solstice05:3819:2219:59
September equinox06:3518:1118:44
December solstice06:4616:0616:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464649535867747469605245
Precip in4.75.33.91.90.80.10.20.30.41.12.33.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Julian CDF, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13078445190

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