Big Sand Butte
Big Sand Butte rises to 1,420 m in California. Lyons Peak stands 2,398 m to the south-southwest, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Sand Butte, a peak 1.4 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49012753, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,420 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Sand Butte: 1.4 mi
- East Sand Butte: 1.9 mi
- Caldwell Butte: 3.2 mi
- Caldwell Minor: 3.5 mi
- Cougar Butte: 3.8 mi
- Chocolate Bridge: 5.0 mi
- Brushy Bridge: 5.1 mi
- Venetian Bridge: 5.1 mi
- Hopkins Bridge: 5.1 mi
- Ovis Bridge: 5.1 mi
- Garden Bridges: 5.1 mi
- Hidden Valley: 6.4 mi
- Thomas-Wright Battlefield: 8.3 mi
- Black Crater: 8.6 mi
- Fleener Chimneys: 9.0 mi
- Canby's Cross: 13.3 mi
- Captain Jack's Stronghold: 13.3 mi
- 1873 Two Warm Springs Indians: 13.3 mi
- Tule Lake: 13.6 mi
- Dave Menke Environmental Education Center dedication: 19.2 mi
- Tulelake-Butte Valley Fairgrounds: 18.1 mi
- Otis Roper Park: 18.6 mi
- Malin Community Park: 22.4 mi
- Good Duck Park: 24.8 mi
- Gillem Bluff: 10.1 mi
- Padgetts Bluff: 24.6 mi
- Lava Beds National Monument: 6.8 mi
- Doorknob Snowmobile park: 7.6 mi
- Deer Spring: 19.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Big Sand Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyons Peak | SSW 211° | 2,398 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mount Hoffman | SW 232° | 2,397 m | 8.9 mi |
| Red Shale Butte | SW 215° | 2,381 m | 9.4 mi |
| Glass Mountain | SW 216° | 2,316 m | 7.6 mi |
| Medicine Mountain | SW 229° | 2,295 m | 13.3 mi |
| Badger Peak | WSW 240° | 2,236 m | 12.6 mi |
| Little Mount Hoffman | WSW 238° | 2,197 m | 14.6 mi |
| Grouse Hill | WSW 244° | 2,142 m | 12.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:02 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:54 | 16:39 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 40 | 44 | 52 | 60 | 69 | 68 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lava Beds NAT MON, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 219250 — Big Sand Butte, Modoc County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358761926
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