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Chip Butte

Chip Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Chip Butte rises to 1,297 m in California. Hamaker Mountain stands 2,003 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is J F Mountain, a peak 2.3 miles away. Volcanic Legacy passes 10 miles off.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49020456, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1297 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.86932, -121.80250

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 31
  • Good Duck Park: 15.0 mi
  • Tulelake-Butte Valley Fairgrounds: 17.5 mi
  • Otis Roper Park: 17.6 mi
  • Turtle Campground: 19.0 mi
  • Klamath Game Management Area: 19.1 mi
Natural arches: 14
  • Forbidden Arch: 12.6 mi
  • Dragons Mouth: 14.3 mi
  • Balcony Bridge: 15.8 mi
  • Boulevard Bridge: 15.8 mi
  • Bearpaw Bridge: 16.3 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Gillems Camp: 13.1 mi
  • Canby Cross: 13.8 mi
  • Fleener Chimneys: 14.3 mi
  • Black Crater: 14.7 mi
  • Thomas-Wright Battlefield: 15.2 mi
Cliffs: 7
Museums: 5
Nature reserves: 2
Rest areas: 2
Picnic sites: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Chip Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hamaker MountainNNW 328°2,003 m16.3 mi
Lookout ButteSSE 149°1,982 m17.6 mi
Mount DomeSE 125°1,971 m7.2 mi
Sharp MountainS 172°1,904 m11.6 mi
Sheep MountainSW 223°1,891 m6.3 mi
J F MountainWNW 288°1,880 m2.3 mi
Mount HebronSW 224°1,872 m15.9 mi
Mahogany MountainW 278°1,842 m2.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4319:20
June solstice05:3320:0420:47
September equinox06:5518:2919:06
December solstice07:3215:5516:40

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313539445360686759473731
Precip in2.92.01.81.61.30.70.30.40.51.32.43.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Keno, 16 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358805559

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