Desert Butte
Desert Butte rises to 808 m in California. Cache Peak stands 2,035 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is J Kerman Cooper Field, a park 2.9 miles away. 112 named places lie within 25 miles, 40 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49024345, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 808 m
How to reach it
112 named places within 25 miles
- Castle Butte: 3.9 mi
- Brown Butte: 8.7 mi
- De Stazo Hill: 10.1 mi
- Sanborn Hill: 10.7 mi
- Lookout Hill: 11.4 mi
- Tolly Spring: 15.4 mi
- Quail Spring: 16.7 mi
- Eagle Spring: 17.0 mi
- Peeping Tom Spring: 17.2 mi
- Ruth Camp Spring: 17.6 mi
- J Kerman Cooper Field: 2.9 mi
- Central Park: 3.0 mi
- Balsitis Park: 4.7 mi
- North Edwards Park: 8.1 mi
- Borax Bill Park: 8.2 mi
- Desert Tortoise Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Desert Tortoise Habitat Area: 7.9 mi
- Desert Tortoise Natural Area: 16.0 mi
- Fremont Valley Ecological Reserve: 18.4 mi
- Red Cliffs Natural Preserve: 19.5 mi
- Air Force Flight Test Center Museum: 12.0 mi
- Rio Tinto Borax Mine Visitor Center: 14.7 mi
- Century Circle: 15.1 mi
- Boron Aerospace Museum: 17.3 mi
- Twenty Mule Team Museum: 17.3 mi
- X1 Loading Pit: 13.3 mi
- Josephine Stephens Bishop: 15.3 mi
- Fremont: 21.7 mi
- Cudahy camp: 22.5 mi
- Bickel Camp: 24.4 mi
- B-52: 7.1 mi
- Red cliffs trail: 19.3 mi
- Burro Schmidt Tunnel: 22.4 mi
- Test Facility Race Car Paddock Area: 23.3 mi
- Donley: 17.1 mi
- Tamarisk Grove: 17.9 mi
- Red Rooster Picnic Site: 18.0 mi
- Boron Rest Area: 13.5 mi
- Last Chance Canyon Arch: 23.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Desert Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cache Peak | WNW 298° | 2,035 m | 20.0 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | WNW 292° | 1,893 m | 24.5 mi |
| Middle Knob | WNW 288° | 1,891 m | 16.8 mi |
| Butterbredt Peak | NNW 330° | 1,819 m | 23.9 mi |
| Red Mountain | WNW 283° | 1,743 m | 19.4 mi |
| Pajuela Peak | W 277° | 1,728 m | 20.3 mi |
| Limestone Mountain | WSW 258° | 1,634 m | 24.8 mi |
| Cross Mountain | NW 320° | 1,586 m | 17.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:32 | 20:10 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:57 | 16:05 | 16:44 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 67 | 77 | 83 | 82 | 75 | 64 | 52 | 44 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mojave, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358783017
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