Cougar Butte
Cougar Butte rises to 1,762 m in California. Lyons Peak stands 2,398 m to the south-southwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Butte, a peak 2.2 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49022289, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,762 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Indian Butte: 2.2 mi
- Boundary Butte: 2.9 mi
- Little Sand Butte: 3.1 mi
- Caldwell Butte: 3.1 mi
- Caldwell Minor: 3.7 mi
- Ovis Bridge: 4.1 mi
- Natural Bridge: 4.2 mi
- Brushy Bridge: 4.4 mi
- Venetian Bridge: 4.4 mi
- Chocolate Bridge: 4.4 mi
- Garden Bridges: 4.4 mi
- Hidden Valley: 4.6 mi
- Black Crater: 8.8 mi
- Fleener Chimneys: 8.8 mi
- Thomas-Wright Battlefield: 8.8 mi
- Canby's Cross: 16.5 mi
- Captain Jack's Stronghold: 16.5 mi
- 1873 Two Warm Springs Indians: 16.6 mi
- Tule Lake: 16.8 mi
- Dave Menke Environmental Education Center dedication: 20.8 mi
- Gillem Bluff: 10.5 mi
- Padgetts Bluff: 23.5 mi
- Tulelake-Butte Valley Fairgrounds: 20.4 mi
- Otis Roper Park: 20.9 mi
- Doorknob Snowmobile park: 4.9 mi
- Lava Beds National Monument: 8.3 mi
- Deer Spring: 20.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Cougar Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyons Peak | SSW 200° | 2,398 m | 5.5 mi |
| Mount Hoffman | SW 235° | 2,397 m | 5.2 mi |
| Red Shale Butte | SSW 208° | 2,381 m | 5.8 mi |
| Glass Mountain | SSW 205° | 2,316 m | 4.0 mi |
| Medicine Mountain | SW 229° | 2,295 m | 9.5 mi |
| Badger Peak | WSW 245° | 2,236 m | 9.0 mi |
| Little Mount Hoffman | WSW 242° | 2,197 m | 11.0 mi |
| Grouse Hill | WSW 251° | 2,142 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:02 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:55 | 16:39 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 40 | 44 | 52 | 60 | 69 | 68 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lava Beds NAT MON, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358764184
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