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Bald Butte

Bald Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Bald Butte rises to 960 m in California. Black Marble Mountain stands 2,268 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Irving Mountain, a peak 1.9 miles away.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49009671, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
960 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.47818, -123.47311

Named places within 25 miles

Springs: 12
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 3
  • Ishi Pishi Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Maple Falls: 19.1 mi
  • Wilderness Falls: 23.0 mi
Parks: 2
  • H E Beck Junior Memorial Branch: 11.8 mi
  • Happy Camp River Park: 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Museums: 1
Beaches: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Bald Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black Marble MountainENE 64°2,268 m15.5 mi
Kings CastleNE 54°2,257 m16.1 mi
English PeakESE 112°2,229 m14.4 mi
Box Camp MountainENE 61°2,215 m17.3 mi
Big RidgeNE 44°2,141 m17.6 mi
Marble MountainENE 65°2,131 m14.9 mi
Bear Wallow PeakE 92°2,116 m18.2 mi
Elk PeakENE 61°2,112 m13.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5019:26
June solstice05:4120:1020:52
September equinox07:0218:3619:13
December solstice07:3816:0316:48

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434751566268747369594943
Precip in9.46.96.44.02.20.90.20.10.83.56.810.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orleans, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1657975 — Bald Butte, Siskiyou County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358805975

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