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Black Butte

Black Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Black Butte rises to 820 m in Nevada. Virgin Peak stands 2,422 m to the north-northeast, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Rock Springs, a spring 2.6 miles away. Gold Butte Back Country Byway passes 2.1 miles off. 203 named places lie within 25 miles, 35 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
820 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.49776, -114.19775

203 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 50
  • Red Rock Springs: 2.6 mi
  • Red Bluff Spring: 3.9 mi
  • Cabin Spring: 7.2 mi
  • South Key West Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Middle Spring: 8.8 mi
Attractions: 44
  • Neapolitan Arch: 3.4 mi
  • Whitney Pocket Arch: 3.5 mi
  • Whitney Pocket Day-Use Parking: 3.6 mi
  • Devils Fire: 3.8 mi
  • Devil's Throat: 5.6 mi
Peaks: 35
  • Quail Point: 5.9 mi
  • Mud Hills: 6.3 mi
  • Little Virgin Peak: 7.4 mi
  • Billy Goat Peak: 7.5 mi
  • Virgin Peak: 8.7 mi
Parks: 26
Historic sites: 14
  • Blacksmith Shop: 9.8 mi
  • School House: 9.8 mi
  • Hanning Store: 9.8 mi
  • St. Thomas Post Office: 9.8 mi
  • Gentry Store: 9.9 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • Mormon Mesa: 13.7 mi
  • Mormon Mesa: 18.0 mi
  • Mormon Mesa: 18.8 mi
  • Flat Top Mesa: 20.5 mi
  • Mormon Mesa: 21.3 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Beaches: 4
Museums: 4
Ghost towns: 1
Artworks: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Virgin PeakNNE 33°2,422 m8.7 mi
Billy Goat PeakE 82°1,738 m7.5 mi
Jumbo PeakS 177°1,736 m20.2 mi
Mica PeakS 172°1,719 m16.2 mi
Bonelli PeakS 187°1,601 m24.3 mi
Gold ButteS 177°1,529 m15.5 mi
Rattlesnake PeakS 183°1,473 m20.9 mi
Quail PointENE 68°1,232 m5.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4118:1518:49
June solstice05:2019:2119:59
September equinox06:2518:0118:35
December solstice07:4616:4517:26

Local time (America/Phoenix).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–May, Oct–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485260677686929083695546
Precip in0.70.90.80.30.10.00.40.40.30.50.50.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Overton, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357545188

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