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Barren Butte

Barren Butte, seen from above at true elevation

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
1326 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.41734, -123.76951

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • 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
Attractions: 13
  • 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
Cliffs: 7
Nature reserves: 5
  • 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
Picnic sites: 4
Beaches: 4
Historic sites: 3
Springs: 2
  • Cedar Camp Spring: 11.9 mi
  • High Spring: 24.9 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Parks: 2
  • H E Beck Junior Memorial Branch: 14.8 mi
  • Yurok Village Discovery Park: 16.1 mi
Artworks: 2
Gardens: 2
Rest areas: 1
Museums: 1
  • Hoopa Valley Museum: 24.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of Barren Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Orleans MountainESE 120°1,874 m19.0 mi
Sawtooth MountainNNE 13°1,758 m13.8 mi
Baldy PeakN 8°1,747 m17.9 mi
Harrington MountainNNE 13°1,739 m18.4 mi
Stevens MountainNNE 12°1,735 m19.0 mi
Bear PeakNNE 28°1,733 m21.4 mi
Red HillNNE 21°1,667 m20.8 mi
Irving MountainENE 74°1,621 m17.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5119:27
June solstice05:4220:1120:53
September equinox07:0318:3719:14
December solstice07:3916:0516:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444647495255585957534844

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

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