Double Butte
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Double Butte rises to 781 m in California. Indian Mountain stands 1,760 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Double Butte County Park, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away.
The story
Double Butte is a mountain distinguished by two buttes, the highest being the western summit at about 2,579 feet or 786 metres and the lesser summit being 2,480 feet or 756 metres. It is located in Riverside County, California.
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Wikidata Q16962490, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 781 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Heritage Lake Sports Park: 1.2 mi
- Pleasant Valley Park: 1.2 mi
- Discovery Park: 1.4 mi
- Heritage Park: 1.5 mi
- Sky View Park: 1.5 mi
- Bell Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Tres Cerritos: 6.1 mi
- Mount Rudolph: 7.5 mi
- Bobbie Benchmark: 8.0 mi
- Bachelor Mountain: 9.0 mi
- Skydive Perris: 6.2 mi
- Perris Valley Thermometer: 6.4 mi
- Lake Perris Fairgrounds: 9.9 mi
- Splash Pad: 10.6 mi
- Lake Elsinore Hotel and Casino: 10.9 mi
- Grandma Juanita: 2.6 mi
- Unborn Child Memorial: 4.8 mi
- Maze Stone Historical Marker: 5.5 mi
- Hemet Veterans Memorial: 7.4 mi
- Flagpole Memorial: 11.9 mi
- Prayer Garden: 4.5 mi
- School Garden: 9.2 mi
- Nature Corner: 10.8 mi
- Environmental Learning Center: 12.0 mi
- Student Gardens: 12.7 mi
- Adobe Spring: 9.1 mi
- Iodine Spring: 10.0 mi
- Harford Spring: 14.9 mi
- Lion Spring: 16.1 mi
- Oak Spring: 17.4 mi
- Ram Head: 12.0 mi
- Horse: 12.5 mi
- Halloween House: 15.6 mi
- A Child's Wonderland: 15.7 mi
- Old Town Arch: 16.1 mi
- Southern California Railway Museum: 6.7 mi
- Dora Nelson African American Art and History Museum: 6.9 mi
- Perris Valley Historical Museum: 7.5 mi
- Western Science Center: 7.6 mi
- Hemet Museum: 8.8 mi
- Double Butte County Park: 0.7 mi
- Four Seasons Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Lake Perris State Recreation Area: 10.3 mi
- San Jacinto / Lake Perris Core Reserve: 10.8 mi
- Potrero Reserve: 14.6 mi
- Covered Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
- Juror Patio Tables: 9.8 mi
- Area B: 10.6 mi
- Area A: 10.6 mi
- Area C: 10.7 mi
- Leon: 5.7 mi
- Pinacate: 6.8 mi
- Terra Cotta: 14.5 mi
- Willard: 15.3 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 21.3 mi
- Ortega Falls: 18.8 mi
- Gavilan Mountain Waterfall: 19.6 mi
- Tenaja Falls: 19.6 mi
- Lion Canyon Falls: 20.4 mi
- Fuller Mill Creek Falls: 22.2 mi
- Perris Beach: 10.3 mi
- Moreno Beach: 10.4 mi
- Morongo's Oasis Beach: 23.1 mi
- Brookside Rest Area: 17.2 mi
- Wildwood Rest Area: 20.1 mi
- Oak Cliff: 18.5 mi
- Rock Climbing: 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Double Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Mountain | ENE 78° | 1,760 m | 19.6 mi |
| Rouse Hill | E 100° | 1,581 m | 20.4 mi |
| Little Cahuilla Mountain | ESE 114° | 1,535 m | 19.7 mi |
| Ranger Peak | ENE 64° | 1,530 m | 19.0 mi |
| Trabuco Peak | W 266° | 1,401 m | 20.3 mi |
| Red Mountain | ESE 112° | 1,393 m | 17.1 mi |
| Los Pinos Peak | WSW 259° | 1,373 m | 20.4 mi |
| Cherry Valley Peak | NNE 23° | 1,323 m | 20.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:26 | 20:03 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:14 | 18:47 |
| December solstice | 06:50 | 16:06 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–Jul.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 53 | 54 | 58 | 61 | 67 | 73 | 79 | 80 | 76 | 68 | 59 | 52 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Jacinto, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 241577 — Double Butte, Riverside County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358783151
Day trips start here
- Hemet · 8 mi
- Perris · 8 mi
- Lake Elsinore · 12 mi
- Temecula · 15 mi
- Beaumont · 16 mi
- Moreno Valley · 16 mi
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