Black Butte
Black Butte rises to 1,349 m in California. Pilot Mountain stands 1,235 m to the northwest, 2.2 miles off. 32 named places lie within 25 miles, 5 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in the United States of America.
Wikidata Q35727508, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,349 m
How to reach it
32 named places within 25 miles
- Chuckwalla Spring: 9.6 mi
- Mesquite Spring: 10.6 mi
- Chuckwalla Well: 11.0 mi
- Hayfield Summit Spring: 16.2 mi
- Canyon Spring: 17.9 mi
- Pilot Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Sharp Peak: 4.7 mi
- Alligator: 10.4 mi
- Lion Head Mountain: 17.6 mi
- France: 24.9 mi
- Edmund C Jaeger Nature Sanctuary: 10.3 mi
- Niland Marina County Park: 23.8 mi
- Wister Waterfowl Management Area: 23.9 mi
- Niland Park: 24.3 mi
- East Jesus: 21.8 mi
- Salvation Mountain: 22.5 mi
- Noah's Ark: 22.5 mi
- The Coliseum: 22.5 mi
- Tank Yard: 22.9 mi
- Niland-Geyser: 23.4 mi
- General George S. Patton Statue: 22.8 mi
- Camp Coxcomb: 24.6 mi
- Eagle Mountain: 21.7 mi
- General George S. Patton Museum: 22.9 mi
- Hot springs of Slab city: 23.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pilot Mountain | NW 324° | 1,235 m | 2.2 mi |
| Sharp Peak | NE 45° | 725 m | 4.7 mi |
| Alligator | NNW 339° | 387 m | 10.4 mi |
| Lion Head Mountain | S 181° | 344 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:19 | 19:55 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:07 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 06:43 | 16:00 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 55 | 58 | 65 | 71 | 80 | 89 | 94 | 93 | 87 | 75 | 63 | 54 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eagle MTN, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 239385 — Black Butte, Riverside County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358780817
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