Little Butte
Little Butte rises to 1,142 m in California. Alder Hill stands 2,359 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Butte, a peak 0.4 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off.
The story
Mountain in El Dorado County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49044741, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,142 m
How to reach it
- 27.4 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Liberty Vista Point · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Middle Butte: 0.4 mi
- Big Butte: 0.9 mi
- Sunday Ridge: 1.1 mi
- Hope Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Lincoln Hill: 2.7 mi
- Archery: 4.4 mi
- Sportsmans Hall State Historic Landmark 704: 6.7 mi
- Pollock Pines Recreation Park: 7.5 mi
- Eight Mile House State Historic Landmark: 7.8 mi
- Pioneer Park: 9.0 mi
- Marble Springs: 8.3 mi
- Liddicoat Spring: 8.9 mi
- Chicken Hawk Spring: 11.3 mi
- Jay Bird Spring: 11.7 mi
- Buckskin Joe Spring: 13.9 mi
- Nature Center and Observatory: 4.8 mi
- Fountain and Tallman Soda Factory Museum: 14.0 mi
- Sobon Estate Museum: 14.3 mi
- Shenandoah Valley Museum: 14.6 mi
- El Dorado Historical Museum: 15.7 mi
- Trails West Marker: 6.2 mi
- Elkus: 15.3 mi
- Iron Mountain Ski Resort: 18.5 mi
- Sutter's Mill Site: 20.6 mi
- Keystone Mine: 22.5 mi
- Leoni House: 4.5 mi
- Twin Bridges Swimming Hole: 8.5 mi
- Black Chasm Cavern: 16.6 mi
- The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown: 22.4 mi
- Historic Joseph H. Thomas House: 22.5 mi
- Sugar Bun: 15.1 mi
- Calaveras Dome: 21.4 mi
- Big Crater: 24.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 24.3 mi
- Little Crater: 24.5 mi
- Bridal Veil Picnic Area: 8.0 mi
- Cleveland Corral: 10.6 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 7.7 mi
- Rock Creek: 15.0 mi
- Bassi Falls: 19.7 mi
- Finnon Recreation Area: 14.0 mi
- Logtown: 16.3 mi
- Sherwood Demonstration Garden: 17.5 mi
- Pit Stop Beach: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Little Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alder Hill | E 98° | 2,359 m | 17.1 mi |
| Leek Spring Hill | E 99° | 2,323 m | 15.1 mi |
| Peddler Hill | ESE 111° | 2,175 m | 16.7 mi |
| Four Cornered Peak | NE 47° | 2,072 m | 19.5 mi |
| Robbs Peak | NNE 24° | 2,040 m | 19.6 mi |
| Table Rock | NE 49° | 1,943 m | 19.0 mi |
| Iron Mountain | ENE 76° | 1,902 m | 10.9 mi |
| Eagle Rock | ENE 65° | 1,897 m | 16.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:51 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:03 | 16:45 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 44 | 49 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 37 |
| Precip in | 9.6 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.9 | 5.3 | 9.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pacific House, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358769454
Day trips start here
- Placerville · 14 mi
- Coloma · 21 mi
- El Dorado Hills · 29 mi
- Placer County · 29 mi
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