Indian Butte
Indian Butte rises to 2,037 m in California. Lyons Peak stands 2,398 m to the south, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Cougar Butte, a peak 2.2 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Siskiyou County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49038393, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,037 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Cougar Butte: 2.2 mi
- Glass Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Mount Hoffman: 3.0 mi
- Boundary Butte: 3.8 mi
- Lyons Peak: 4.0 mi
- Natural Bridge: 4.5 mi
- Ovis Bridge: 4.6 mi
- Heppe Bridge: 4.6 mi
- Brushy Bridge: 4.9 mi
- Venetian Bridge: 4.9 mi
- Hidden Valley: 4.2 mi
- Garden Bridges: 4.9 mi
- Fleener Chimneys: 8.9 mi
- Black Crater: 9.1 mi
- Thomas-Wright Battlefield: 9.3 mi
- Canby's Cross: 18.2 mi
- Captain Jack's Stronghold: 18.2 mi
- 1873 Two Warm Springs Indians: 18.3 mi
- Tule Lake: 18.5 mi
- Dave Menke Environmental Education Center dedication: 21.5 mi
- Gillem Bluff: 10.8 mi
- Padgetts Bluff: 22.7 mi
- Tulelake-Butte Valley Fairgrounds: 21.6 mi
- Otis Roper Park: 22.1 mi
- Doorknob Snowmobile park: 3.7 mi
- Lava Beds National Monument: 9.4 mi
- Deer Spring: 21.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Indian Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyons Peak | S 180° | 2,398 m | 4.0 mi |
| Mount Hoffman | SW 233° | 2,397 m | 3.0 mi |
| Red Shale Butte | SSW 192° | 2,381 m | 4.1 mi |
| Glass Mountain | S 176° | 2,316 m | 2.5 mi |
| Medicine Mountain | SW 227° | 2,295 m | 7.4 mi |
| Badger Peak | WSW 247° | 2,236 m | 6.8 mi |
| Little Mount Hoffman | WSW 243° | 2,197 m | 8.8 mi |
| Grouse Hill | WSW 255° | 2,142 m | 6.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:02 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:55 | 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 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358768003
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