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Jackson Butte

Jackson Butte, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates38.33991, -120.72132

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Museums: 16
  • 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
Attractions: 13
  • 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
Historic sites: 11
  • 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
Springs: 9
  • 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
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • A Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
  • B Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
  • C Picnic Area: 20.3 mi
Gardens: 1
  • F - Master Gardener's Demonstration Garden: 10.8 mi
Beaches: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 23.8 mi
Cliffs: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MountainE 89°1,835 m19.3 mi
Buck MountainE 83°1,566 m19.0 mi
Devils NoseENE 62°1,445 m18.4 mi
Manuel PeakESE 110°1,354 m19.2 mi
Bald MountainENE 70°1,247 m16.0 mi
Mount CrossmanNE 50°1,184 m13.4 mi
Round MountainNNE 22°1,063 m14.8 mi
Cement HillNNE 21°1,018 m16.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:4019:15
June solstice05:4019:5120:31
September equinox06:5118:2719:01
December solstice07:1716:0516:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475052566371787773655447
Precip in6.15.74.92.81.70.40.00.00.21.73.15.4

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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