Cedar Butte
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Cedar Butte rises to 572 m in Washington. Preacher Mountain stands 1,800 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Canyon Spring, a spring 1.4 miles away. Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 passes 2.2 miles off.
The story
Cedar Butte is a small forested mountain south of North Bend, Washington, east of Rattlesnake Lake, at the foot of Mount Washington. A low-impact path from the Iron Horse Trail leads to its summit.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q49018892, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 572 m
How to reach it
- 2.2 mi off the Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90, National
- 2.2 mi off the JCT EAST SUNSET WAY VIC ISSAQUAH TO VIC THORP
- 2.2 mi off the JCT WEST LAKE SAMMAMISH PKWY VIC ISSAQUAH TO JCT SR 970 VIC CLE ELUM
- 4.5 mi off the JCT SR 522 TO JCT SR 90 VIC NORTH BEND
Overlooks nearby
- Lower Twin Falls Viewpoint · 2 mi
- Upper Twin Falls Viewpoint · 2 mi
- Owl Hike Spot · 3 mi
- Salal Point · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dendritic Root Floor: 1.6 mi
- Snaking Root Ceiling: 1.6 mi
- Poet's Path: 7.6 mi
- Snoqualmie Totem Pole: 7.6 mi
- 2003 Centennial Mural: 7.6 mi
- Tanner: 1.9 mi
- Mount Washington: 2.0 mi
- Change Peak: 2.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Mountain - East Peak: 3.1 mi
- Songbird Peak: 3.2 mi
- Twin Falls (Lower): 2.2 mi
- Twin Falls (Upper): 2.2 mi
- Weeks Falls: 4.4 mi
- Teneriffe Falls: 5.0 mi
- Fantastic Falls: 7.3 mi
- Chester Morse Monument: 2.7 mi
- Brett S. Hall: 5.0 mi
- W. Mitch Hungate: 5.0 mi
- Hemlock: 6.0 mi
- George W. Swenson Memorial: 7.5 mi
- Dahlgren Family Park: 3.1 mi
- Tanner Landing Park: 3.4 mi
- Forster Woods Lower Park: 4.3 mi
- Torguson Park: 4.4 mi
- Si View Park: 4.4 mi
- Cottonwood Natural Area: 9.4 mi
- Raging River Natural Area: 10.6 mi
- Crow Marsh Natural Area: 13.1 mi
- BN Peninsula Natural Area: 13.2 mi
- Issaquah Creek Natural Area: 14.3 mi
- Semi Wall: 3.0 mi
- Club Paradiso: 3.1 mi
- Actual Cave: 3.1 mi
- Amazonia: 3.1 mi
- Snoqualmie Centennial Log Pavilion: 7.7 mi
- Glacier Park Community Garden: 14.4 mi
- Legacy Garden: 14.4 mi
- Smith-Mossman Western Azalea Display Garden: 14.4 mi
- Perennial Border: 14.4 mi
- Rhododendron Glen: 14.5 mi
- Cedar River Watershed Education Center: 1.6 mi
- Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum: 4.7 mi
- Northwest Railway Museum, Train Hall: 6.5 mi
- Northwest Railway Museum: 7.6 mi
- Fire Engine Museum: 14.7 mi
- Olallie State Park South Fork Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
- Mine Creek: 4.8 mi
- Horse Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Horse Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Camp Brown Day Use Area: 12.0 mi
- Family Wall: 3.8 mi
- Canopy Crag: 3.8 mi
- World Wall: 4.5 mi
- Ghost Point: 7.0 mi
- Lower Pratt Climbing Area: 10.4 mi
- Tibbetts Beach: 17.6 mi
- Alexander Beach: 17.8 mi
- Rosemont Beach: 20.8 mi
- Kennydale Beach: 22.6 mi
- Mercerwood Shore Club beach: 23.6 mi
- Canyon Spring: 1.4 mi
- Travelers Rest Rest Area: 15.5 mi
- Goldmyer Hot Springs: 17.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Cedar Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preacher Mountain | ENE 67° | 1,800 m | 11.3 mi |
| Caroline Peak | ENE 74° | 1,795 m | 11.6 mi |
| Mount Defiance | E 89° | 1,702 m | 8.3 mi |
| Tusk O'Granite | E 93° | 1,697 m | 11.7 mi |
| Revolution Peak | ENE 70° | 1,662 m | 7.8 mi |
| Web Mountain | E 85° | 1,626 m | 7.1 mi |
| Bandera Mountain | E 97° | 1,597 m | 9.6 mi |
| Putrid Pete's Peak | E 87° | 1,591 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:39 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 20:20 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 15:27 | 16:19 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 37 | 39 | 44 | 50 | 55 | 61 | 61 | 56 | 48 | 40 | 35 |
| Precip in | 13.0 | 9.2 | 10.6 | 9.2 | 6.6 | 5.6 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 4.8 | 9.7 | 14.6 | 12.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cedar Lake, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1517524 — Cedar Butte, King County, Washington.
OpenStreetMap element node/356544524
Day trips start here
- King County · 5 mi
- North Bend · 5 mi
- Snoqualmie · 8 mi
- Issaquah · 16 mi
- Snoqualmie Pass · 16 mi
- Renton · 22 mi
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