Black Butte
Black Butte rises to 2,743 m in California. Freel Peak stands 3,305 m to the north-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is The Sisters, a peak 1.6 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Alpine County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q35727485, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,743 m
How to reach it
- 12.0 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
- 19.5 mi off the Lake Tahoe - Eastshore Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hell's Kitchen Vista Point · 18 mi
- Liberty Vista Point · 20 mi
- Cave Rock · 25 mi
- Logan Shoals Vista Point · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Sisters: 1.6 mi
- Fourth of July Peak: 1.7 mi
- Round Top: 1.8 mi
- Elephants Back: 2.1 mi
- Covered Wagon Peak: 2.3 mi
- Wester Park: 8.1 mi
- Tahoe Paradise Park: 11.9 mi
- Turtle Rock County Park: 12.2 mi
- Lake Valley State Recreation Area: 12.9 mi
- Markleeville Library Park: 13.0 mi
- Horse Thief Spring: 6.1 mi
- Tragedy Spring: 7.4 mi
- Soda Spring: 9.5 mi
- Grover Hot Springs: 9.7 mi
- Singleton Springs: 12.0 mi
- Machado Postpile: 4.2 mi
- Detox Wall: 8.4 mi
- Distillery Wall: 8.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 10.1 mi
- 4-second Climbing Area: 10.9 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 11.5 mi
- Modjeska Falls: 13.9 mi
- Cascade Falls: 17.9 mi
- Upper Eagle Falls: 19.1 mi
- Lower Eagle Falls: 19.1 mi
- Kit Carson Historical Monument: 1.9 mi
- Snowshoe Thompson Historical Monument: 1.9 mi
- Iron Mountain Ski Resort: 10.9 mi
- Glen Alpine Resort: 13.9 mi
- Old Jail: 14.7 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Chickaree Day Use: 14.0 mi
- Marmot Day Use: 14.4 mi
- Eagle Falls Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Linder Grove: 8.9 mi
- Grover Hot Springs State Park: 9.6 mi
- Andrews Meadows: 10.0 mi
- Washoe Meadows State Park: 13.0 mi
- Johnson Meadow: 16.1 mi
- Pope Beach: 17.5 mi
- Kiva Beach: 17.8 mi
- El Dorado Beach: 18.5 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 19.5 mi
- Nevada Beach: 20.8 mi
- Tallac Historic Site: 17.7 mi
- Round Hill Pines Beach Resort: 21.5 mi
- Balancing Rock: 21.7 mi
- Rubicon Point Light: 22.0 mi
- Zephyr Cove Beach: 22.7 mi
- Alpine County Museum: 12.9 mi
- Baldwin Home: 17.7 mi
- Lake Tahoe Historic Society Museum: 17.9 mi
- Carson Valley Museum and Cultural Center: 23.2 mi
- Genoa Courthouse Museum: 24.2 mi
- Peep Sight: 15.9 mi
- Dolly's Vegetable Garden: 17.7 mi
- St Theresa: 17.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Black Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freel Peak | NNE 29° | 3,305 m | 13.7 mi |
| Round Top | SE 140° | 3,164 m | 1.8 mi |
| The Sisters | SSE 152° | 3,094 m | 1.6 mi |
| Red Lake Peak | NE 44° | 3,067 m | 2.7 mi |
| Stevens Peak | NNE 32° | 3,061 m | 4.1 mi |
| Raymond Peak | ESE 118° | 3,055 m | 11.6 mi |
| Hawkins Peak | ENE 65° | 3,052 m | 8.9 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | NNW 327° | 3,043 m | 13.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:01 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 31 | 36 | 40 | 48 | 55 | 62 | 60 | 54 | 46 | 37 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — S Lake Tahoe AP, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358821587
Day trips start here
- Bliss State Park · 21 mi
- Lake Tahoe · 28 mi
- Homewood · 29 mi
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