First Butte
First Butte rises to 1,382 m in California. Blacks Mountain stands 2,222 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Second Butte, a peak 0.8 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Lassen County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49028956, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,382 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Second Butte: 0.8 mi
- Third Butte: 2.1 mi
- Fourth Butte: 2.9 mi
- Dixon Hill: 4.8 mi
- Taylor Knob: 6.1 mi
- Clara Bieber Memorial Park: 9.8 mi
- Hayden Hill-Silva Flat State Game Refuge: 11.3 mi
- Fall River Lions Community Park: 13.9 mi
- Ash Creek Wildlife Area: 15.6 mi
- Adin park: 18.8 mi
- Beaver Creek Rim: 6.6 mi
- Butte Creek Rim: 12.9 mi
- Hat Creek Rim: 17.2 mi
- The Cliffs: 23.6 mi
- Young Falls: 8.4 mi
- Pit River Falls: 15.4 mi
- Burney Falls: 24.8 mi
- Site of the First School in Fall River Valley: 10.3 mi
- Lockhart Ferry: 14.0 mi
- Hat Creek Radio Observatory: 19.0 mi
- "Stand by Me" Bridge: 23.1 mi
- Fort Crook Museum: 14.1 mi
- Dutch Flat Wildlife Area: 22.7 mi
- Bogard Rest Area: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of First Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blacks Mountain | S 183° | 2,222 m | 14.4 mi |
| Harvey Mountain | SSE 156° | 2,217 m | 18.3 mi |
| Slate Mountain | ESE 123° | 2,162 m | 20.2 mi |
| Ashurst Mountain | SSE 149° | 2,143 m | 19.6 mi |
| Patterson Mountain | S 169° | 2,097 m | 16.2 mi |
| Cone Mountain | S 171° | 2,024 m | 20.0 mi |
| Lava Peak | SE 125° | 1,990 m | 18.2 mi |
| Gooch Mountain | SE 127° | 1,975 m | 21.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:41 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 19:59 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:56 | 16:40 |
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 | 36 | 38 | 42 | 47 | 55 | 62 | 70 | 68 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Adin RS, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 260128 — First Butte, Lassen County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358797796
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