Bear Valley Buttes
Bear Valley Buttes rises to 660 m in California. High Rock stands 1,929 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugarloaf, a peak 1.4 miles away.
The story
Bear Valley Buttes is a geologic feature that overlooks Bear Valley in Colusa County, California. The Buttes are approximately 1.5 miles long and its highest peak stands at 2,166 ft (660 m) above sea level. The Buttes are composed of the upturned marine sediments of the Great Valley Sequence that once formerly made up the floor of the Central Valley.
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Wikidata Q30638199, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 660.2 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sugarloaf: 1.4 mi
- Lambert Hill: 2.8 mi
- Gravelly Buttes: 3.8 mi
- Baldy Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Bald Hill: 4.6 mi
- Stonyford OHV Recreation Area: 14.3 mi
- North View Park: 15.3 mi
- Venice Park: 15.4 mi
- Town Square Park: 15.9 mi
- Valley Ranch Playground: 16.6 mi
- Bear Wallow Spring: 8.1 mi
- Hog Spring: 11.1 mi
- Allen Springs: 12.0 mi
- Jesse Spring: 12.6 mi
- Grizzly Spring: 13.0 mi
- Windy Point: 2.7 mi
- Pine Needle Point: 11.2 mi
- Lincoln Bluff: 21.2 mi
- Buckingham Bluffs: 21.6 mi
- Blue Cliffs: 24.4 mi
- Anderson Marsh Natural Preserve: 20.4 mi
- Delevan National Wildlife Refuge: 21.0 mi
- Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge: 21.4 mi
- Colusa National Wildlife Refuge: 21.5 mi
- Maxwell Rest Area Southbound: 14.5 mi
- Maxwell Rest Area Northbound: 14.6 mi
- Sacramento Valley Museum: 15.4 mi
- Lower Lake Schoolhouse Museum: 21.0 mi
- Mike Thompson Harbor: 19.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial Wall: 23.1 mi
- Lucerne Christian Conference Center: 19.6 mi
- Lower Lake Stone Jail: 21.0 mi
- Dorn beach: 20.3 mi
- Laurel Beach: 22.3 mi
- Wilbur Hot Springs: 10.2 mi
- Green Army Man: 14.1 mi
- Big Springs Picnic Ground: 16.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Bear Valley Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Rock | NW 307° | 1,929 m | 19.8 mi |
| Goat Mountain | WNW 290° | 1,863 m | 15.4 mi |
| Windy Point | W 269° | 1,453 m | 18.2 mi |
| Pinnacle Rock | W 261° | 1,381 m | 17.4 mi |
| Little Pinnacle | W 264° | 1,368 m | 17.7 mi |
| Bartlett Mountain | W 267° | 1,365 m | 18.5 mi |
| Pine Mountain | W 259° | 1,293 m | 13.6 mi |
| Ruppert Point | W 260° | 1,286 m | 13.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:00 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 16:09 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 51 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 77 | 75 | 71 | 62 | 51 | 45 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.5 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — East Park Rsvr, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358761594
Day trips start here
- Colusa County · 8 mi
- Williams · 16 mi
- Lake County · 18 mi
- Kelseyville · 26 mi
- Lakeport · 27 mi
- Willows · 27 mi
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