Black Butte
Black Butte rises to 1,497 m in California. Junipero Serra Peak stands 1,784 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is The Mesa, a peak 2.2 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 10 miles off.
The story
mountain in Monterey County, California, United States of America
Wikidata Q35727500, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1497 m
How to reach it
- 10.3 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bench · 10 mi
- Julia Pfieffer Burns Vista Point · 10 mi
- Sea Otter Refuge View Point · 21 mi
- Hurricane View Point · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Mesa: 2.2 mi
- Chews Ridge: 3.4 mi
- Pigeon Point: 4.6 mi
- Black Cone: 4.6 mi
- South Ventana Cone: 5.3 mi
- Cachagua Community Park: 11.2 mi
- Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park Day Use Area: 13.4 mi
- Patriot Park: 16.1 mi
- Cesar Chavez Park: 16.1 mi
- Vosti Park: 16.3 mi
- Ventana Wilderness: 5.3 mi
- Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park: 9.9 mi
- Bear Mountain Wilderness Study Area: 9.9 mi
- The California Sea Otter State Game Refuge: 10.7 mi
- Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park: 11.2 mi
- Suzuki-Roshi: 2.5 mi
- Santa Lucia Adobe: 4.4 mi
- Bill Cotta Memorial: 8.0 mi
- Tin House: 9.9 mi
- Tractor: 10.8 mi
- Quail Spring: 2.3 mi
- Cahoon Spring: 4.3 mi
- Jackhammer Spring: 6.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 8.7 mi
- Redondo Spring: 10.0 mi
- Tassajara Creek Falls: 2.7 mi
- Pine Falls: 6.2 mi
- Eagle Creek Falls: 8.0 mi
- McWay Falls: 10.5 mi
- Devil's falls: 12.7 mi
- Sycamore Flats: 8.3 mi
- Pelton Wheel: 10.3 mi
- Esalen Institute: 11.2 mi
- Devil's Falls: 12.7 mi
- Albino Redwood Tree: 14.1 mi
- Arroyo Seco Day Use: 4.1 mi
- Mill Creek Day Use Area: 19.8 mi
- DeAnza Picnic Site: 22.2 mi
- DeAnza Picnic Site: 22.2 mi
- Picnic Area B: 22.3 mi
- Los Padres Dam Slide: 10.9 mi
- Resurrection Wall: 23.9 mi
- The Upper Crust: 24.4 mi
- Discovery Wall: 24.5 mi
- Ignorable Cliffs: 24.6 mi
- Mission Soledad Museum: 14.0 mi
- Ventana Wildlife Discovery Center: 16.8 mi
- Monterey County Agricultural and Rural Life Museum: 22.4 mi
- Picard Trade Bead Museum: 23.0 mi
- Wreck Beach: 14.5 mi
- Pfeiffer Beach: 15.5 mi
- Sand Dollar Beach: 24.0 mi
- Puente Big Creek Bridge: 14.0 mi
- Father Junipero Serra: 23.8 mi
- Sykes Hot Spring: 8.4 mi
- Keyhole Arch: 15.5 mi
- Point Sur Lighthouse: 20.2 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Black Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junipero Serra Peak | SE 141° | 1,784 m | 10.8 mi |
| Pinyon Peak | SE 127° | 1,602 m | 11.2 mi |
| Cone Peak | S 170° | 1,572 m | 15.1 mi |
| Chews Ridge | NNW 334° | 1,549 m | 3.4 mi |
| South Ventana Cone | W 276° | 1,517 m | 5.3 mi |
| Ventana Double Cone | WNW 282° | 1,477 m | 9.9 mi |
| Twin Peak | S 173° | 1,468 m | 14.9 mi |
| Bear Mountain | SE 129° | 1,451 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:49 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:16 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 52 | 54 | 55 | 58 | 61 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 61 | 55 | 51 |
| Precip in | 9.5 | 8.6 | 6.7 | 2.9 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 4.2 | 9.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG SUR STN, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358800913
Day trips start here
- Soledad · 16 mi
- Carmel Valley · 18 mi
- Monterey County · 20 mi
- King City · 23 mi
- Pinnacles National Park · 25 mi
- Carmel · 29 mi
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