Butler Mountain
Butler Mountain rises to 700 m in California. Speckerman Mountain stands 2,181 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Peak, a peak 2.0 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 25 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q35730889, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 700 m
How to reach it
- 25.4 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint for Giant Sequoias · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Indian Peak: 2.0 mi
- Red Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Horsecamp Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Crooks Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Wildcat Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Ahwahnee Hills Regional Park: 6.5 mi
- Wassama Roundhouse State Historic Park: 6.8 mi
- Mariposa Park: 9.7 mi
- Mariposa Art Park: 9.7 mi
- Midpines Park: 10.9 mi
- Specimen Springs: 5.2 mi
- Big Spring: 6.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 8.5 mi
- Rogers Spring: 10.7 mi
- Apple Tree Spring: 11.5 mi
- Red Rock Falls: 12.0 mi
- Corlieu Falls: 12.4 mi
- Angel Falls: 15.3 mi
- Lower Chilnualna Falls: 16.6 mi
- Alder Creek Falls: 17.7 mi
- California State Mining and Mineral Museum: 8.2 mi
- Mariposa Museum and History Center: 10.3 mi
- Fresno Flats Historic Village and Park: 11.8 mi
- Thornberry Museum: 12.1 mi
- Coarsegold Historic Museum: 13.8 mi
- Gold Rush BBQ: 13.1 mi
- Chowchilla Recreation Area: 13.2 mi
- The Falls Picnic Site: 15.4 mi
- Lakeside Day Use Area: 17.1 mi
- Pine Point Day Use: 17.5 mi
- Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Historical Railroad: 12.1 mi
- Big Ed: 14.7 mi
- Mariposa Welcome Plaza: 14.7 mi
- Bull Buck Tree: 15.0 mi
- Willow Creek Trail: 15.3 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 9.5 mi
- September 11, 2001 Memorial: 9.7 mi
- Fremont’s Fort: 21.0 mi
- Whites Cabin: 23.0 mi
- Agua Fria: 12.1 mi
- Mount Ophir: 15.2 mi
- Cat Town: 22.7 mi
- Nelder Grove Historical Area: 14.5 mi
- San Joaquin Experimental Range: 19.5 mi
- Whisky Snowmobile Area: 24.7 mi
- Oakhurst Mural: 11.3 mi
- South Fork Bluffs: 21.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Butler Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speckerman Mountain | ENE 71° | 2,181 m | 15.4 mi |
| Devil Peak | NNE 29° | 2,114 m | 11.8 mi |
| Chowchilla Mountain | NNE 22° | 2,105 m | 13.4 mi |
| Hogan Mountain | NE 53° | 2,007 m | 12.2 mi |
| Crow Peak | NNE 34° | 1,953 m | 10.7 mi |
| Iron Mountain | NNE 25° | 1,894 m | 14.7 mi |
| Sivels Mountain | E 85° | 1,782 m | 14.7 mi |
| Mount Savage | NE 50° | 1,756 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:45 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:05 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 36 | 39 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 65 | 65 | 60 | 51 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 7.6 | 6.7 | 5.2 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SO Entrance Yosemite NP, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 233585 — Butler Mountain, Mariposa County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358775559
Day trips start here
- Sierra Nevada · 28 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 29 mi
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