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Buck Butte

Buck Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Buck Butte rises to 1,627 m in California. Lyons Peak stands 2,398 m to the north-northwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Border Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away.

The story

mountain in Siskiyou County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49015965, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1627 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.47405, -121.46971

Named places within 25 miles

Natural arches: 13
  • Natural Bridge: 16.0 mi
  • Heppe Bridge: 16.0 mi
  • Ovis Bridge: 16.0 mi
  • Brushy Bridge: 16.3 mi
  • Venetian Bridge: 16.4 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Freudian System Cave: 9.9 mi
  • Hidden Valley: 15.5 mi
  • Garden Bridges: 16.4 mi
  • Fleener Chimneys: 20.3 mi
  • Black Crater: 20.6 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Noble Bluff: 20.6 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 22.2 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 22.8 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 23.5 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 24.0 mi
Parks: 1
  • Long Bell State Game Refuge 1N: 5.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Doorknob Snowmobile park: 14.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Deer Spring: 19.8 mi
Nature reserves: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Buck Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakNNW 345°2,398 m7.5 mi
Mount HoffmanNNW 335°2,397 m10.4 mi
Red Shale ButteNNW 339°2,381 m7.8 mi
Glass MountainNNW 348°2,316 m9.0 mi
Medicine MountainNW 310°2,295 m9.6 mi
Badger PeakNW 316°2,236 m11.9 mi
Little Mount HoffmanNW 306°2,197 m12.2 mi
Red Cap MountainWNW 289°2,147 m15.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:18
June solstice05:3320:0220:44
September equinox06:5418:2819:05
December solstice07:3015:5516:40

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333540445260696862513932
Precip in1.62.11.91.31.41.00.40.30.40.81.51.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lava Beds NAT MON, 17 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358762587

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