Lanfair Buttes
Lanfair Buttes rises to 1,328 m in California. New York Two Mountain stands 2,296 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Nevada Southern Railway, a historic site 2.2 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off. 109 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.
The story
Lanfair Buttes, also known as Eagle Mountain, Indian Hill, Eagle Hill, and Graveyard Hills is a summit in the Mojave National Preserve in the Mojave Desert in San Bernardino County, California. The Lanfair Buttes lie 3 miles (4.8 km) east-southeast of the Grotto Hills and 8 miles (13 km) north-northeast of Hackberry Mountain in Lanfair Valley. The tallest and northernmost elevation in the Lanfair Buttes is Eagle Mountain at 1338 feet. The southernmost elevation is Indian Hill, at 35°08′36.71″N 115°09′15.34″W at an elevation of 1281 feet. Indian Well, an old well is found west of the Buttes at 35°08′43″N 115°09′32″W, and petroglyphs are found nearby on the slope of the Buttes to the east. Indian Well petroglyphs indicate it was a Native American water source and camping site in previous centuries. Indian Well was also located along the route of the Mohave Trail. The Lanfair Buttes are a landmark, found about a mile north of the Mojave Road at mile 40.
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Wikidata Q28056276, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1328 m
How to reach it
- 16.8 mi off the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
109 named places within 25 miles
- Vontrigger Spring: 6.7 mi
- Hackberry Spring: 7.4 mi
- Piute Spring: 9.2 mi
- Mail Spring: 9.8 mi
- Rock Spring: 10.1 mi
- Grotto Hills: 3.6 mi
- Bobcat Hills: 4.1 mi
- Hackberry Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Billie Mountain: 9.2 mi
- Drum Peak: 10.9 mi
- Nevada Southern Railway: 2.2 mi
- Piute Corral: 8.6 mi
- Mining Town Of Hart: 9.4 mi
- Fort Piute: 9.8 mi
- Goffs Schoolhouse: 16.7 mi
- Hart: 9.9 mi
- Vanderbilt: 13.3 mi
- Goffs: 16.9 mi
- Cima: 20.4 mi
- Providence: 23.2 mi
- Southern Nevada Visitors Center: 17.3 mi
- Laughlin Brake Check Rest Area: 21.0 mi
- John Wilkie Rest Area at Fenner: 23.9 mi
- John Wilkie Rest Area at Fenner: 24.0 mi
- Petroglyphs: 9.5 mi
- Nipton: 22.8 mi
- Goffs Schoolhouse: 16.7 mi
- Rock Garden: 22.8 mi
- Mojave National Preserve: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lanfair Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York Two Mountain | NW 310° | 2,296 m | 11.6 mi |
| New York Mountain | NW 310° | 2,275 m | 11.7 mi |
| Drum Peak | WNW 300° | 2,123 m | 10.9 mi |
| Table Top | WSW 257° | 1,884 m | 12.5 mi |
| Kessler Peak | WNW 298° | 1,879 m | 24.1 mi |
| Pinto Mountain | W 279° | 1,873 m | 12.5 mi |
| Little Thorne Mountains | WSW 254° | 1,780 m | 16.6 mi |
| Crescent Peak | N 3° | 1,775 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:21 | 19:59 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:05 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 06:46 | 15:54 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 48 | 54 | 61 | 69 | 79 | 85 | 84 | 77 | 66 | 54 | 45 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Searchlight, 25 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358787369
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