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Bear Valley Buttes

Bear Valley Buttes, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates39.18600, -122.44415

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Sugarloaf: 1.4 mi
  • Lambert Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Gravelly Buttes: 3.8 mi
  • Baldy Mountain: 4.3 mi
  • Bald Hill: 4.6 mi
Parks: 39
  • 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
Springs: 20
  • 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
Cliffs: 5
Nature reserves: 4
Historic sites: 2
Attractions: 2
Beaches: 2
Hot springs: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Green Army Man: 14.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High RockNW 307°1,929 m19.8 mi
Goat MountainWNW 290°1,863 m15.4 mi
Windy PointW 269°1,453 m18.2 mi
Pinnacle RockW 261°1,381 m17.4 mi
Little PinnacleW 264°1,368 m17.7 mi
Bartlett MountainW 267°1,365 m18.5 mi
Pine MountainW 259°1,293 m13.6 mi
Ruppert PointW 260°1,286 m13.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4520:0020:40
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2616:0916:51

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444751556371777571625145
Precip in5.04.52.81.20.90.30.00.10.20.92.13.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — East Park Rsvr, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358761594

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