Black Butte
Black Butte rises to 1,012 m in Nevada. Griffith Peak stands 3,369 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Peace Park, a park 6.5 miles away. Red Rock Canyon Back Country Byway passes 20 miles off. 134 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.
The story
Black Butte is the summit of a small range of hills on the northwest edge of Mesquite Valley and the southern end of the Pahrump Valley in Clark County, Nevada. It has an elevation of 3,320 feet / 1,010 meters.
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Wikidata Q25203545, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1012 m
How to reach it
- 20.4 mi off the Red Rock Canyon Back Country Byway
- 20.4 mi off the Red Rock Canyon Road
- 26.5 mi off the Kyle Canyon Road (State Route 157)
- 27.2 mi off the Deer Creek Road (State Route 158)
Overlooks nearby
- Red Rock Canyon Dedication Overlook · 22 mi
- Red Rock Overlook · 22 mi
- Red Rock Wash Overlook · 23 mi
- Rock Overlook · 24 mi
134 named places within 25 miles
- Stump Spring: 9.1 mi
- Potosi Spring: 11.8 mi
- Horse Thief Springs: 12.0 mi
- Horse Thief Springs: 12.1 mi
- Beck Spring: 13.7 mi
- Ragged Peak: 7.7 mi
- Cairn East of Shenandoah Mine: 10.7 mi
- Shenandoah Peak: 12.0 mi
- Bonanza Hill: 12.4 mi
- Rattler Hill: 12.7 mi
- The Pioneer Saloon: 16.5 mi
- Jump: 16.8 mi
- Wilson Tanks: 16.9 mi
- Coast to Coast Radio Station: 19.5 mi
- Art Bell's Coast to Coast Radio Station W6OBB: 19.5 mi
- Amphitheater: 12.0 mi
- Tantrum Wall: 12.0 mi
- EnTRAPment Wall: 12.0 mi
- Sandstone Bluff: 19.3 mi
- Keystone Thrust: 19.7 mi
- Cathedral Canyon: 11.6 mi
- Queho’s grave marker: 11.7 mi
- Wilson Homestead: 21.3 mi
- Mabel Mill Site: 22.0 mi
- Original Tecopa Town Site: 22.0 mi
- Peace Park: 6.5 mi
- Goodsprings Park: 16.4 mi
- Kellogg Park (In Construction): 20.7 mi
- Blue Diamond Park: 21.0 mi
- Pine Creek Canyon Natural Area: 21.0 mi
- Spring Mountain Ranch State Park: 19.5 mi
- Clark Mountain Natural Arch: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Black Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Griffith Peak | N 10° | 3,369 m | 24.6 mi |
| Potosi Mountain | ENE 65° | 2,562 m | 13.6 mi |
| Kingston Peak | SW 226° | 2,235 m | 15.3 mi |
| Mount Wilson | NE 42° | 2,155 m | 19.7 mi |
| Mount Wilson - South Peak | NE 43° | 2,079 m | 19.5 mi |
| Rainbow Mountain | NE 39° | 2,075 m | 20.2 mi |
| Mountain Springs Peak | NE 51° | 2,023 m | 17.0 mi |
| Bridge Mountain | NE 36° | 1,968 m | 21.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:47 | 18:21 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 19:25 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:08 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 15:54 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 47 | 53 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 85 | 83 | 76 | 64 | 51 | 43 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Goodsprings, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357550907
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