Ball Butte
Ball Butte rises to 2,467 m in Oregon. South Sister stands 3,159 m to the west-northwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Moon Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Cascade Lakes passes 3.3 miles off.
The story
Ball Butte is a volcanic mountain of the Cascades in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. Its summit has an elevation of 8,091 feet and is located southeast of Broken Top. It is a popular back-country skiing area and is best accessed from the Dutchman Flat Sno-Park or the Upper Three Creeks Sno-Park.
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Wikidata Q48811391, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,467.356 m
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the Cascade Lakes, National
- 13.3 mi off the McKenzie Pass-Santiam Pass, National
- 20.2 mi off the West Cascades, National
- 29.2 mi off the Over the Rivers and Through the Woods
Overlooks nearby
- Vista Butte Sno-Park · 7 mi
- Arlies Rock/North Gateway Information Viewpoint · 13 mi
- Three Sisters Viewpoint · 15 mi
- Windy Point · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Moon Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Broken Hand: 1.2 mi
- Cayuse Crater: 1.6 mi
- Broken Top: 1.7 mi
- Todd Ridge: 2.7 mi
- Shevlin Park: 14.6 mi
- Tillicum Park: 14.9 mi
- Shevlin Conservation Easement: 15.0 mi
- Three Pines Park: 15.2 mi
- Pacific Crest Athletic Fields: 15.4 mi
- Mountain Bike: 12.4 mi
- "Chicken": 13.5 mi
- Coyote: 15.2 mi
- Sunrise Spirit Column: 15.8 mi
- Milky Way: 15.9 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 3.4 mi
- Upper Tumalo Falls: 4.3 mi
- Phoenix Falls: 5.0 mi
- Double Falls: 5.1 mi
- Upper Chush Falls: 5.3 mi
- Soda Spring: 2.1 mi
- Farewell Spring: 4.7 mi
- Blacktail Spring: 6.5 mi
- Jack Pine Spring: 7.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 7.8 mi
- Whychus Creek Wild and Scenic River (Scenic Area): 8.3 mi
- Cinder Cone Natural Area: 16.4 mi
- Riley Ranch Nature Reserve: 17.2 mi
- Archie Briggs Canyon Natural Area: 17.2 mi
- Magill's Landing Natural Area: 18.1 mi
- Tam McArthur Rim: 2.3 mi
- Cougar Buttress: 6.7 mi
- Lane Plateau: 10.3 mi
- Power lines cliff: 10.4 mi
- Obsidian Cliffs: 11.3 mi
- Kiwanis club: 16.8 mi
- 1904 Miller Family Ranch and Sawmill: 18.0 mi
- Bob the Bend Rock: 18.5 mi
- Lava Lands Visitor Center: 19.2 mi
- Little Cultus Lake Boat Ramp: 20.8 mi
- Sisters Community Garden: 17.5 mi
- Miller's Landing Community Garden: 17.5 mi
- Franklin's Corner Community Garden: 19.0 mi
- Secret Garden: 20.4 mi
- Petersen Rock Garden: 22.5 mi
- Beach Day Use Area: 9.6 mi
- Meadow Day Use Area: 15.2 mi
- Olallie Day Use Area: 22.4 mi
- Sisters Museum: 16.8 mi
- Deschutes Historical Museum: 17.8 mi
- The High Desert Museum: 18.0 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 17.9 mi
- Peace Statue: 18.1 mi
- Terrence Hardington Foley: 19.5 mi
- Bigelow Hot Spring: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Ball Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Sister | WNW 299° | 3,159 m | 5.3 mi |
| North Sister | NW 325° | 3,075 m | 8.4 mi |
| Middle Sister | NW 316° | 3,064 m | 7.8 mi |
| Hodge Crest | WNW 298° | 3,060 m | 5.0 mi |
| Broken Top | NW 314° | 2,796 m | 1.7 mi |
| Mount Bachelor | S 186° | 2,764 m | 6.0 mi |
| Broken Hand | N 350° | 2,556 m | 1.2 mi |
| Little Brother | NW 322° | 2,381 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:41 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 20:10 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:28 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 15:44 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 38 | 43 | 50 | 57 | 65 | 64 | 56 | 45 | 36 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sisters, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357306737
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- Bend · 18 mi
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