Buttonwillow Park
Buttonwillow Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 83 m. McKittrick Summit stands 1,318 m to the west-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Buttonwillow Rest Area, a rest area 2.3 miles away. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 83 m
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Veterans Park: 11.6 mi
- La Colonia Park: 11.8 mi
- Rodriguez Park: 11.9 mi
- Stringham Park: 12.5 mi
- Shafter Town Square: 12.5 mi
- The Green Hotel: 12.5 mi
- Shafter Depot Museum: 12.6 mi
- Depot Museum: 12.6 mi
- Harlin P. Wilson Agricultural Museum: 12.6 mi
- Minter Field Air Museum: 17.1 mi
- Buttonwillow Raceway Park: 7.8 mi
- Jameson #17: 18.5 mi
- Ethel D. Oil Tool & Supply House: 18.6 mi
- Oil Patch Fire House: 18.6 mi
- Szent András-törésvonal (San Andreas): 22.0 mi
- Hillcrest Point: 8.3 mi
- Gould Hill: 17.3 mi
- Midway Peak: 18.7 mi
- McKittrick Summit: 18.7 mi
- Twentyfive Hill: 19.8 mi
- Veterans Park Memorial Site: 11.6 mi
- Site of the Flight of the Gossamer Condor: 17.1 mi
- Lakeview Gusher #1: 21.6 mi
- Wallace Creek: 22.6 mi
- McFarland Veterans Memorial: 22.9 mi
- Tule Elk Reserve State Park: 8.3 mi
- Lokern Ecological Reserve: 19.5 mi
- Kern National Wildlife Refuge: 24.9 mi
- Buttonwillow Rest Area: 2.3 mi
- Buttonwillow Rest Area: 2.4 mi
- North Beardsley Skatepark: 23.7 mi
- Father Francisco Garces: 24.9 mi
- Rio Bravo: 23.8 mi
- PICNIC TABLE: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buttonwillow Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKittrick Summit | WSW 246° | 1,318 m | 18.7 mi |
| Midway Peak | SSW 208° | 1,116.2 m | 18.7 mi |
| Panorama Point | SW 223° | 766 m | 20.8 mi |
| Twentyfive Hill | S 181° | 515 m | 19.8 mi |
| Hillcrest Point | SSW 200° | 470 m | 8.3 mi |
| Gould Hill | W 273° | 431 m | 17.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:39 | 20:17 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:23 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:04 | 16:10 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 52 | 58 | 63 | 70 | 77 | 83 | 81 | 76 | 66 | 54 | 47 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buttonwillow, under a mile away.
- Western Toad9 obs
- silverleaf nightshade8 obs
- buttonbush7 obs
- Swainson's Hawk2 obs
- Nelson's Antelope Squirrel2 obs
- Sierra Tidytips2 obs
- Hoover's eriastrum2 obs
- Rose and White Buckwheat2 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/1528033255
Day trips start here
- Buttonwillow · 1 mi
- McKittrick · 11 mi
- Taft · 19 mi
- Maricopa · 24 mi
- Bakersfield · 25 mi
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