Hambone Butte
Hambone Butte rises to 1,439 m in California. Lyons Peak stands 2,398 m to the north-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Hunters Hill, a peak 3.3 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49034679, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,439 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Hunters Hill: 3.3 mi
- Bear Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Porcupine Butte: 5.8 mi
- Indian Spring Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Red Hill: 6.7 mi
- Middle Falls: 20.5 mi
- Upper Falls: 20.6 mi
- Lower Falls: 21.3 mi
- Clark Creek Falls: 21.3 mi
- Rock Creek Falls: 22.5 mi
- Bigalow Bridge Day Use Area: 20.6 mi
- Upper Falls Day Use Area: 20.6 mi
- Lakin Dam: 20.8 mi
- Lower Falls Day Use Area: 21.7 mi
- Doorknob Snowmobile park: 22.9 mi
- Freudian System Cave: 8.9 mi
- "Stand by Me" Bridge: 22.8 mi
- Hidden Valley: 24.4 mi
- Deer Springs: 17.0 mi
- Dad Lofton Spring: 22.6 mi
- Site of the First School in Fall River Valley: 24.6 mi
- Heppe Bridge: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Hambone Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyons Peak | NNE 23° | 2,398 m | 17.5 mi |
| Red Shale Butte | NNE 20° | 2,381 m | 17.2 mi |
| Medicine Mountain | N 5° | 2,295 m | 15.1 mi |
| Badger Peak | N 2° | 2,236 m | 17.5 mi |
| Little Mount Hoffman | N 356° | 2,197 m | 16.2 mi |
| Red Cap Mountain | NNW 338° | 2,147 m | 14.9 mi |
| Black Mountain | NNE 33° | 2,125 m | 15.1 mi |
| Pumice Stone Mountain | NNW 345° | 2,120 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:42 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 20:02 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:57 | 16:41 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 40 | 44 | 52 | 60 | 69 | 68 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lava Beds NAT MON, 26 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358798043
Day trips start here
- McCloud · 27 mi
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