Jackson Butte
Jackson Butte rises to 701 m in California. Blue Mountain stands 1,835 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Tunnel Hill, a peak 2.0 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49039446, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 701 m
How to reach it
- 20.5 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Tunnel Hill: 2.0 mi
- French Hill: 2.7 mi
- Stockton Hill: 3.0 mi
- Ohio Hill: 3.4 mi
- Clinton Peak: 3.7 mi
- Gold Ridge Park: 2.6 mi
- Mokelumne Hill Park: 2.8 mi
- Plaza Park: 2.8 mi
- Mokelumne Hill State Historic Landmark: 2.9 mi
- Tabeuad Lake Fishing Point: 3.1 mi
- Amador County Museum: 2.9 mi
- Change House Museum and Gift Shop: 3.8 mi
- Knight Foundry: 5.6 mi
- Monteverde Store Museum: 5.8 mi
- Amador County Model Railroad Museum: 6.1 mi
- Kennedy Gold Mine: 3.7 mi
- Sutter Gold Mine: 6.9 mi
- Historic Joseph H. Thomas House: 7.9 mi
- Black Chasm Cavern: 8.2 mi
- The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown: 9.9 mi
- Tailing Wheel No. 3: 3.3 mi
- Flume Tressel Piers: 3.4 mi
- Tailing Wheel No. 2: 3.4 mi
- Massa Tunnel: 3.4 mi
- Tailing Wheel No. 1: 3.4 mi
- Spanish Spring: 12.5 mi
- Canzatti Spring: 12.6 mi
- Marble Springs: 16.3 mi
- Liddicoat Spring: 16.9 mi
- Sugar Spring: 18.8 mi
- Middle Bar: 3.3 mi
- Michigan Bar: 20.7 mi
- Logtown: 21.5 mi
- Carson Hill: 24.5 mi
- A Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
- B Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
- C Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
- F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 10.8 mi
- Mokelumne Beach: 21.5 mi
- Natural Bridge: 23.8 mi
- McKays Point: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Jackson Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain | E 89° | 1,835 m | 19.3 mi |
| Buck Mountain | E 83° | 1,566 m | 19.0 mi |
| Devils Nose | ENE 62° | 1,445 m | 18.4 mi |
| Manuel Peak | ESE 110° | 1,354 m | 19.2 mi |
| Cougar Rock | ESE 112° | 1,298 m | 19.5 mi |
| Bald Mountain | ENE 70° | 1,247 m | 16.0 mi |
| Mount Crossman | NE 50° | 1,184 m | 13.4 mi |
| Round Mountain | NNE 22° | 1,063 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:51 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:27 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:05 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 50 | 52 | 56 | 63 | 71 | 78 | 77 | 73 | 65 | 54 | 47 |
| Precip in | 6.1 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 5.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sutter Hill CDF, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 226074 — Jackson Butte, Amador County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358768185
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- Placerville · 27 mi
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