Alpine Butte
Alpine Butte rises to 990 m in California. Mount Baden-Powell stands 2,860 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Alpine Butte Wildlife Sanctuary, a nature reserve 1.5 miles away.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q35724066, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 990 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Rocky Buttes: 1.8 mi
- Piute Butte: 3.3 mi
- Lovejoy Buttes: 3.4 mi
- Little Butte: 6.2 mi
- Saddleback Butte: 6.5 mi
- Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park: 3.0 mi
- Stephen Sorensen Park: 4.0 mi
- Jackie Robinson Park: 5.8 mi
- Avenue T Park: 7.1 mi
- Everett Martin Park: 8.1 mi
- Lovejoy Springs: 4.3 mi
- Moody Springs: 10.8 mi
- Moss Spring: 17.2 mi
- Kentucky Springs: 17.5 mi
- Reed Spring: 18.5 mi
- D-21: 10.8 mi
- SR-71: 10.8 mi
- A-12: 10.8 mi
- U-2: 10.8 mi
- Shuttle Carrier Aircraft: 11.0 mi
- Alpine Butte Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.5 mi
- Butte Valley Wildflower Sanctuary: 7.9 mi
- Carl O Gerhardy Wildlife Sanctuary: 12.0 mi
- Theodore Payne Wildlife Sanctuary: 13.8 mi
- Prime Desert Woodland Preserve: 17.0 mi
- Antelope Valley State Indian Museum: 3.0 mi
- Blackbird Airpark: 10.8 mi
- Joe Davies Heritage Airpark: 10.9 mi
- Museum of Art and History: 14.6 mi
- Antelope Valley Rural Museum: 17.1 mi
- Saddleback Butte picnic area: 5.9 mi
- Eagles Roost Day Use Area: 19.2 mi
- Jackson Lake: 19.2 mi
- Ridge Crest Picnic Ground: 19.2 mi
- Mescal Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Llano del Rio: 9.5 mi
- Aerospace Walk of Honor: 14.4 mi
- Aerospace Walk of Honor: 14.5 mi
- X1 Loading Pit: 18.5 mi
- Vincent's Cabin: 20.2 mi
- Astral Challenger: 12.3 mi
- One Desert Sky: 13.8 mi
- Dorr Canyon Falls: 18.5 mi
- Cooper Canyon Falls: 18.7 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 9.5 mi
- Old Town Community Garden: 11.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Alpine Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Baden-Powell | SSE 158° | 2,860 m | 20.3 mi |
| Throop Peak | SSE 164° | 2,779 m | 20.2 mi |
| Mount Burnham | SSE 160° | 2,740 m | 19.9 mi |
| Mount Hawkins | SSE 165° | 2,677 m | 20.7 mi |
| Middle Hawkins | SSE 167° | 2,593 m | 21.0 mi |
| Mount Lewis | SSE 164° | 2,546 m | 18.7 mi |
| Mount Islip | S 170° | 2,518 m | 20.0 mi |
| Mount Williamson | S 173° | 2,504 m | 18.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:17 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:07 | 16:45 |
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 | 49 | 51 | 56 | 60 | 68 | 77 | 83 | 83 | 77 | 67 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pearblossom, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358800751
Day trips start here
- Palmdale · 12 mi
- Angeles National Forest · 25 mi
- Adelanto · 27 mi
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