Barren Butte
Barren Butte rises to 1,326 m in California. Orleans Mountain stands 1,874 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Creek Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49010872, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,326 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Blue Creek Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Lookout Point: 2.2 mi
- Onion Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Nickowitz Peak: 4.0 mi
- Slate Creek Butte: 6.7 mi
- Corkscrew Tree: 13.0 mi
- Big Tree: 13.0 mi
- Elk Viewing: 13.6 mi
- Prairie Creek Visitor Center: 13.7 mi
- Fern Canyon: 15.3 mi
- Gold Bluffs: 16.0 mi
- Blue Nose Bluff: 16.1 mi
- High Bluff: 17.4 mi
- Grant Bluffs: 19.9 mi
- Freshwater Rocks: 20.1 mi
- Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park: 13.8 mi
- Murrelet State Wilderness: 14.0 mi
- Big Lagoon Forest, East Natural Preserve: 23.7 mi
- Big Lagoon Forest, West Natural Preserve: 23.8 mi
- Big Lagoon Forest, South Natural Preserve: 24.1 mi
- Gold Bluffs Beach: 15.6 mi
- Redwood Creek Beach: 19.2 mi
- Hidden Beach: 20.4 mi
- Wilson Creek Beach: 21.4 mi
- Fish Lake Campground Day Use Area: 11.4 mi
- Lost Man Creek Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
- Redwood National & State Parks, Redwood Creek Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
- Rotary Memorial Grove: 13.3 mi
- Lady Bird Grove: 15.2 mi
- Dolason Barn: 17.7 mi
- Cedar Camp Spring: 11.9 mi
- High Spring: 24.9 mi
- Ishi Pishi Falls: 14.3 mi
- Trillium Falls: 16.0 mi
- H E Beck Junior Memorial Branch: 14.8 mi
- Yurok Village Discovery Park: 16.1 mi
- Driftwood Land Art: 19.5 mi
- Paul Bunyan and Babe: 20.0 mi
- Trees of Mystery: 20.0 mi
- MaryLee Thompson-Smith Commemorative Garden: 20.0 mi
- Caltrans Redwood Bypass: 12.1 mi
- Hoopa Valley Museum: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Barren Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orleans Mountain | ESE 120° | 1,874 m | 19.0 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | NNE 13° | 1,758 m | 13.8 mi |
| Baldy Peak | N 8° | 1,747 m | 17.9 mi |
| Harrington Mountain | NNE 13° | 1,739 m | 18.4 mi |
| Stevens Mountain | NNE 12° | 1,735 m | 19.0 mi |
| Bear Peak | NNE 28° | 1,733 m | 21.4 mi |
| Red Hill | NNE 21° | 1,667 m | 20.8 mi |
| Irving Mountain | ENE 74° | 1,621 m | 17.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:51 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:11 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:05 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 46 | 47 | 49 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 59 | 57 | 53 | 48 | 44 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Orick Prairie Creek Park, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 256553 — Barren Butte, Del Norte County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358796765
Day trips start here
- Redwood National Park · 12 mi
- Klamath · 16 mi
- Del Norte County · 24 mi
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