Black Butte
Black Butte rises to 331 m in California. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the south-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Tracy Hills Park, a park 2.1 miles away. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in San Joaquin County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q35727533, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 331 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Bald Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Eagle Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Mount Wallace: 8.8 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 9.5 mi
- Cedar Knob: 9.9 mi
- Carnegie Brick Ruins: 3.3 mi
- Carbona Station: 4.6 mi
- Wente Brothers Winery: 13.5 mi
- Joaquin Murrieta and Murrieta's Well: 14.0 mi
- Concannon Winery: 14.3 mi
- Tracy Hills Park: 2.1 mi
- Starcross Park: 2.2 mi
- Greymont Park: 2.3 mi
- Gene Birk Park: 2.8 mi
- American Legion Park: 3.4 mi
- Garaventa Wetlands Preserve: 14.2 mi
- Brushy Peak Resource Protection Area: 14.5 mi
- Springtown Wetlands Preserve: 15.2 mi
- Dos Reis County Park: 15.3 mi
- Vasco Hills: 15.8 mi
- Harvest Of Progress: 6.4 mi
- Hotel Western Sign: 6.4 mi
- God Bless America: 6.4 mi
- Tracy Fire Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Influx: 14.7 mi
- Tracy Historical Museum: 6.7 mi
- Lammersville Pioneer School: 6.7 mi
- The Carnegie Museum: 16.0 mi
- The Duarte Garage & Lincoln Highway Museum: 16.5 mi
- Manteca Historical Museum: 17.2 mi
- Native Garden: 16.6 mi
- Granada Native Garden: 16.9 mi
- Victory Park Rose Garden: 23.1 mi
- Don Biddle Community Garden: 23.5 mi
- University Park World Peace Rose Garden: 24.0 mi
- Tracy Holiday Light Show: 5.7 mi
- Altamont Speedway: 7.5 mi
- Oldest Light Bulb: 14.4 mi
- Livermorium Atom: 16.0 mi
- W-Tree: 20.4 mi
- Lone Tree Mineral Spring: 5.8 mi
- Strommer Spring-Drinking water(must be treated): 13.9 mi
- Marsh Creek Headwaters Spring: 20.7 mi
- South Spring: 23.1 mi
- Sycamore Spring: 23.3 mi
- Lichen Bark: 13.1 mi
- John C. Calhoun Memorial Table: 15.4 mi
- Pala Seca Cabin: 22.8 mi
- Covered picnic zone: 24.1 mi
- Group picnic zone: 24.1 mi
- Del Valle West Beach: 12.9 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 13.0 mi
- Shadow Cliffs Beach: 19.9 mi
- San Joaquin City: 12.1 mi
- Tuolumne City: 19.3 mi
- Finnegan Falls: 13.6 mi
- Murietta Falls: 15.4 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 14.6 mi
- The Bluff: 18.5 mi
- Westley Rest Area: 9.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus Peak | SSW 202° | 1,327 m | 22.7 mi |
| Observatory Peak | SSW 203° | 1,298 m | 23.3 mi |
| Hipparchus Peak | SSW 201° | 1,295 m | 22.7 mi |
| Tycho Brahe Peak | SSW 202° | 1,286 m | 23.1 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | SSW 203° | 1,279 m | 23.3 mi |
| Huyghens Peak | SSW 203° | 1,276 m | 23.2 mi |
| Mount Isabel | SSW 199° | 1,275 m | 23.8 mi |
| Galileo Peak | SSW 202° | 1,273 m | 22.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:44 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:52 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:10 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 51 | 55 | 59 | 65 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 71 | 64 | 54 | 46 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tracy Carbona, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 219340 — Black Butte, San Joaquin County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358761997
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