Black Butte
Black Butte rises to 1,093 m in California. Mount San Antonio stands 3,068 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Three Sisters, a peak 1.6 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q35727493, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,093 m
How to reach it
- 21.9 mi off the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Three Sisters: 1.6 mi
- Black Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Mount Elmo: 5.4 mi
- Lovejoy Buttes: 7.9 mi
- Saddleback Butte: 9.3 mi
- El Mirage Park: 6.0 mi
- Stephen Sorensen Park: 7.2 mi
- Piñon Hills Park: 9.2 mi
- Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park: 9.8 mi
- Pearblossom Park: 11.5 mi
- Moody Springs: 4.0 mi
- Lovejoy Springs: 7.0 mi
- Icy Springs: 12.4 mi
- Lamel Spring: 13.2 mi
- Reed Spring: 14.9 mi
- Sandrocks: 12.2 mi
- Devil's Punchbowl: 12.6 mi
- Bridge to Nowhere: 18.9 mi
- D-21: 20.9 mi
- SR-71: 20.9 mi
- Llano del Rio: 6.9 mi
- In the Pines: 12.4 mi
- Vincent's Cabin: 13.1 mi
- 1983 Winter Transit Memorial: 16.0 mi
- Stanley-Miller Miner's cabin: 18.2 mi
- Saddleback Butte picnic area: 10.8 mi
- Jackson Lake: 11.4 mi
- Mescal Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- Arch Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
- Grassy Hollow Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- Antelope Valley State Indian Museum: 9.7 mi
- Wrightwood History Museum: 14.5 mi
- Blackbird Airpark: 20.9 mi
- Joe Davies Heritage Airpark: 21.0 mi
- Mt. Baldy Museum & Dorothy Wisely History Center: 22.3 mi
- Theodore Payne Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.9 mi
- Carl O Gerhardy Wildlife Sanctuary: 5.3 mi
- Butte Valley Wildflower Sanctuary: 10.4 mi
- Alpine Butte Wildlife Sanctuary: 10.4 mi
- Dorr Canyon Falls: 12.8 mi
- Cooper Canyon Falls: 16.9 mi
- San Antonio Falls: 20.3 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 6.9 mi
- Lane's Crossing: 22.3 mi
- High Desert Truck Stop: 18.5 mi
- Mt. Baldy Wayside Picnic Site: 22.1 mi
- Astral Challenger: 23.3 mi
- Old Town Arch: 24.5 mi
- Old Town Community Garden: 19.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount San Antonio | SSE 167° | 3,068 m | 19.0 mi |
| West Baldy | SSE 168° | 3,044 m | 19.0 mi |
| Pine Mountain | SSE 165° | 2,942 m | 17.4 mi |
| Dawson Peak | SSE 164° | 2,917 m | 18.2 mi |
| Mount Harwood | SSE 165° | 2,907 m | 19.4 mi |
| Mount Baden-Powell | S 190° | 2,860 m | 13.9 mi |
| Throop Peak | SSW 197° | 2,779 m | 14.9 mi |
| Mount Burnham | SSW 194° | 2,740 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:30 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:06 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 47 | 53 | 58 | 65 | 75 | 81 | 80 | 73 | 62 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — EL Mirage, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358780820
Day trips start here
- Adelanto · 17 mi
- Palmdale · 22 mi
- Victorville · 25 mi
- Hesperia · 26 mi
- Angeles National Forest · 28 mi
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