Grey Butte
Grey Butte rises to 3,464 m in California. Mount Conness stands 3,825 m to the south-southeast, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Stanton Peak, a peak 0.9 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49033832, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3,464 m
How to reach it
- 10.8 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 10 mi
- Lembert Dome · 12 mi
- Disappearing Meadows · 13 mi
- View on Tenaya Lake · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stanton Peak: 0.9 mi
- Virginia Peak: 1.1 mi
- Camiaca Peak: 1.4 mi
- Twin Peaks-East Peak: 2.2 mi
- Page Peaks West: 2.3 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 6.3 mi
- Waterwheel Falls: 10.5 mi
- LeConte Falls: 10.5 mi
- California Falls: 10.6 mi
- White Cascade: 10.6 mi
- Jordan Spring: 7.5 mi
- Mono Vista Spring: 11.6 mi
- Soda Springs: 12.0 mi
- Rancheria Gulch Spring: 12.4 mi
- Coyote Spring: 15.1 mi
- California Historic Civil Engineering Landmark: 10.0 mi
- Avalanche of 1911: 10.0 mi
- Little Bodie Monument: 11.2 mi
- Soda Springs Cabin: 12.0 mi
- Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 12.9 mi
- Mono Basin Historical Society: 14.0 mi
- Mono County Museum: 15.5 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 15.6 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 21.3 mi
- Ansel Adams residence: 24.6 mi
- Dore Cliff: 6.0 mi
- Locomotive Point: 19.3 mi
- Bodie Bluff: 22.1 mi
- Bunnell Cliff: 22.7 mi
- Diving Board: 23.8 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 6.4 mi
- Bennettville: 9.2 mi
- Dog Town: 11.6 mi
- Bodie: 21.4 mi
- Mono Mills: 24.0 mi
- Mono Lake Park: 11.5 mi
- Gus Hess Community Park: 14.0 mi
- Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area: 17.2 mi
- Bodie State Historic Park: 21.5 mi
- Bridgeport: 23.0 mi
- Upside-Down House: 14.0 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 15.5 mi
- South Tufa Area: 19.0 mi
- Navy Beach: 19.5 mi
- Indian Arch: 22.1 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 9.8 mi
- Danburg Beach: 11.8 mi
- Navy Beach: 19.3 mi
- June Lake Beach: 23.4 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 20.8 mi
- Warm Springs: 24.2 mi
- Aerie Crag Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- Gull Lake Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
- Yosemite National Park: 18.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Grey Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Conness | SSE 166° | 3,825 m | 6.1 mi |
| Excelsior Mountain | SE 129° | 3,791 m | 3.0 mi |
| Dunderberg Peak | ENE 78° | 3,774 m | 4.1 mi |
| Mount Warren | ESE 122° | 3,758 m | 8.0 mi |
| Twin Peaks | NNW 345° | 3,756 m | 2.3 mi |
| Matterhorn Peak | NNW 327° | 3,749 m | 3.4 mi |
| Twin Peaks-East Peak | N 352° | 3,731 m | 2.2 mi |
| North Peak | SSE 159° | 3,728 m | 5.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:45 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:01 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 25 | 29 | 34 | 40 | 49 | 55 | 53 | 49 | 42 | 33 | 26 |
| Precip in | 6.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tuolumne Meadows RS, 12 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Yosemite National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Aug.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 260823 — Grey Butte, Tuolumne County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358797986
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 19 mi
- Sierra Nevada · 25 mi
- Yosemite National Park · 25 mi
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