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Butte Valley Wildflower Sanctuary

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Elevation
901 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
Mount Baden-Powell2,860 m · 23.5 mi
Nearest byway
California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway25.3 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
20:08local time
Coordinates
34.6977, -117.7860
Butte Valley Wildflower Sanctuary from directly overhead

Butte Valley Wildflower Sanctuary is a nature reserve in California, at a recorded 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.

Elevation
901 m

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Baden-PowellS 177°2,860 m23.5 mi
Throop PeakS 182°2,779 m24.0 mi
Mount BurnhamS 179°2,740 m23.4 mi
Mount HawkinsS 183°2,677 m24.7 mi
Mount LewisS 183°2,546 m22.5 mi
Mount IslipS 187°2,518 m24.6 mi
Mount WilliamsonS 190°2,504 m22.9 mi
Neight ThousandS 184°2,438 m24.3 mi

169 named places within 25 miles

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3019:03
June solstice05:3919:3120:08
September equinox06:4018:1618:49
December solstice06:5516:0616:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454753586575818073625243
Precip in0.91.10.60.30.20.10.20.20.30.40.31.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — EL Mirage, 12 mi away.

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