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Fourth Butte

Fourth Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Fourth Butte rises to 1,440 m in California. Blacks Mountain stands 2,222 m to the south, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Third Butte, a peak 0.8 miles away.

The story

mountain in Lassen County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49030246, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1440 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.99044, -121.23192

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 8
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Young Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Pit River Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Burney Falls: 22.0 mi
  • Clark Creek Falls: 23.0 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Site of the First School in Fall River Valley: 7.8 mi
  • Lockhart Ferry: 11.1 mi
Attractions: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Old Station Day Use Area: 24.5 mi
  • Hat Creek Campground Picnic Area: 25.0 mi
Museums: 1
Nature reserves: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Fourth Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blacks MountainS 172°2,222 m15.0 mi
Harvey MountainSSE 149°2,217 m20.0 mi
Ashurst MountainSE 143°2,143 m21.7 mi
Patterson MountainSSE 160°2,097 m17.4 mi
Cone MountainSSE 164°2,024 m21.1 mi
Lava PeakESE 122°1,990 m20.9 mi
Spring HillE 92°1,955 m20.9 mi
Fox MountainNNE 28°1,943 m21.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4119:17
June solstice05:3420:0020:41
September equinox06:5318:2719:04
December solstice07:2715:5616:40

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353843485663696761514134
Precip in3.02.62.71.81.50.70.20.20.41.12.13.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — HAT Creek, 17 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358797841

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