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Cinder Butte

Cinder Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Cinder Butte rises to 1,813 m in California. Lyons Peak stands 2,398 m to the south-southeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Island Butte, a peak 0.9 miles away.

The story

mountain in Siskiyou County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49020677, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1813 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.68537, -121.60144

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Natural arches: 14
  • Heppe Bridge: 3.1 mi
  • Bearpaw Bridge: 4.0 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 4.4 mi
  • Ovis Bridge: 4.5 mi
  • Brushy Bridge: 4.8 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Hidden Valley: 3.0 mi
  • Garden Bridges: 4.8 mi
  • Fleener Chimneys: 5.3 mi
  • Black Crater: 6.1 mi
  • Thomas-Wright Battlefield: 6.7 mi
Historic sites: 9
  • 1873 Two Warm Springs Indians: 18.1 mi
  • Tule Lake: 18.1 mi
  • Canby's Cross: 18.1 mi
  • Captain Jack's Stronghold: 18.1 mi
  • Captain Jack's Stronghold: 18.1 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Gillem Bluff: 7.3 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 7.9 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 8.6 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 9.1 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 10.1 mi
Parks: 5
  • Tulelake-Butte Valley Fairgrounds: 19.3 mi
  • Otis Roper Park: 19.8 mi
  • Long Bell State Game Refuge 1N: 20.2 mi
  • Good Duck Park: 23.4 mi
  • Malin Community Park: 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Doorknob Snowmobile park: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Cinder Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakSSE 146°2,398 m8.8 mi
Mount HoffmanSSE 155°2,397 m5.7 mi
Red Shale ButteSSE 151°2,381 m8.3 mi
Glass MountainSE 139°2,316 m7.7 mi
Medicine MountainS 184°2,295 m8.4 mi
Badger PeakSSW 193°2,236 m6.2 mi
Little Mount HoffmanSSW 202°2,197 m8.0 mi
Garner MountainWSW 239°2,195 m12.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:19
June solstice05:3320:0320:45
September equinox06:5518:2919:05
December solstice07:3115:5516:40

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, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358763610

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