Butte Valley Wildflower Sanctuary
Butte Valley Wildflower Sanctuary is a nature reserve in California, at a recorded elevation of 901 m. Mount Baden-Powell stands 2,860 m to the south, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Saddleback Butte, a peak 1.7 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off. 169 named places lie within 25 miles, 47 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 901 m
How to reach it
- 25.3 mi off the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
169 named places within 25 miles
- Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park: 4.9 mi
- Stephen Sorensen Park: 6.7 mi
- El Mirage Park: 10.6 mi
- Branch Memorial Park: 11.7 mi
- Jackie Robinson Park: 13.7 mi
- Saddleback Butte: 1.7 mi
- Little Butte: 1.7 mi
- Piute Butte: 4.6 mi
- Mount Mesa: 5.3 mi
- Rocky Buttes: 6.1 mi
- D-21: 18.3 mi
- SR-71: 18.3 mi
- A-12: 18.3 mi
- U-2: 18.3 mi
- Shuttle Carrier Aircraft: 18.4 mi
- Lovejoy Springs: 6.9 mi
- Moody Springs: 7.3 mi
- Icy Springs: 21.9 mi
- Moss Spring: 22.7 mi
- Lamel Spring: 22.9 mi
- Antelope Valley State Indian Museum: 4.9 mi
- Century Circle: 16.7 mi
- Air Force Flight Test Center Museum: 16.7 mi
- Blackbird Airpark: 18.3 mi
- Joe Davies Heritage Airpark: 18.4 mi
- Saddleback Butte picnic area: 2.2 mi
- Jackson Lake: 21.4 mi
- Mescal Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
- Arch Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- Grassy Hollow Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- Llano del Rio: 13.4 mi
- X1 Loading Pit: 14.9 mi
- Aerospace Walk of Honor: 20.0 mi
- Aerospace Walk of Honor: 20.1 mi
- In the Pines: 22.7 mi
- Carl O Gerhardy Wildlife Sanctuary: 7.4 mi
- Alpine Butte Wildlife Sanctuary: 8.7 mi
- Theodore Payne Wildlife Sanctuary: 13.2 mi
- Prime Desert Woodland Preserve: 23.3 mi
- Boron Rest Area: 21.6 mi
- Boron Rest Area: 21.8 mi
- High Desert Truck Stop: 24.7 mi
- Astral Challenger: 18.7 mi
- One Desert Sky: 19.2 mi
- Dorr Canyon Falls: 22.0 mi
- Cooper Canyon Falls: 24.2 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 13.4 mi
- Old Town Community Garden: 18.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Butte Valley Wildflower Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Baden-Powell | S 177° | 2,860 m | 23.5 mi |
| Throop Peak | S 182° | 2,779 m | 24.0 mi |
| Mount Burnham | S 179° | 2,740 m | 23.4 mi |
| Mount Hawkins | S 183° | 2,677 m | 24.7 mi |
| Mount Lewis | S 183° | 2,546 m | 22.5 mi |
| Mount Islip | S 187° | 2,518 m | 24.6 mi |
| Mount Williamson | S 190° | 2,504 m | 22.9 mi |
| Neight Thousand | S 184° | 2,438 m | 24.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:06 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 47 | 53 | 58 | 65 | 75 | 81 | 80 | 73 | 62 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — EL Mirage, 12 mi away.
- Western Joshua Tree45 obs
- crowned muilla30 obs
- Canaigre Dock21 obs
- Mojave Woodyaster12 obs
- yellow peppercress12 obs
- Winterfat10 obs
- Birdcage Evening Primrose10 obs
- Creosote Bush10 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/491950649
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