Little Sand Butte
Little Sand Butte rises to 1,364 m in California. Lyons Peak stands 2,398 m to the southwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Sand Butte, a peak 1.4 miles away.
The story
mountain in California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49045513, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1364 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Sand Butte: 1.4 mi
- East Sand Butte: 1.8 mi
- Cougar Butte: 3.1 mi
- Caldwell Butte: 3.8 mi
- Caldwell Minor: 4.2 mi
- Ovis Bridge: 5.7 mi
- Chocolate Bridge: 5.7 mi
- Brushy Bridge: 5.7 mi
- Venetian Bridge: 5.7 mi
- Hopkins Bridge: 5.7 mi
- Garden Bridges: 5.7 mi
- Hidden Valley: 6.7 mi
- Thomas-Wright Battlefield: 9.4 mi
- Black Crater: 9.6 mi
- Fleener Chimneys: 9.9 mi
- Canby's Cross: 14.6 mi
- Captain Jack's Stronghold: 14.6 mi
- Captain Jack's Stronghold: 14.7 mi
- Canby's Cross: 14.7 mi
- 1873 Two Warm Springs Indians: 14.7 mi
- Gillem Bluff: 11.2 mi
- Gillem Bluff: 11.6 mi
- Gillem Bluff: 12.1 mi
- Gillem Bluff: 12.5 mi
- Gillem Bluff: 13.2 mi
- Long Bell State Game Refuge 1N: 15.3 mi
- Tulelake-Butte Valley Fairgrounds: 19.5 mi
- Otis Roper Park: 20.1 mi
- Malin Community Park: 23.8 mi
- Doorknob Snowmobile park: 7.6 mi
- Lava Beds National Monument: 8.1 mi
- Deer Spring: 18.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Little Sand Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyons Peak | SW 217° | 2,398 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mount Hoffman | WSW 240° | 2,397 m | 8.2 mi |
| Red Shale Butte | SW 222° | 2,381 m | 8.4 mi |
| Glass Mountain | SW 224° | 2,316 m | 6.6 mi |
| Medicine Mountain | SW 234° | 2,295 m | 12.5 mi |
| Badger Peak | WSW 246° | 2,236 m | 12.0 mi |
| Little Mount Hoffman | WSW 243° | 2,197 m | 14.1 mi |
| Grouse Hill | WSW 251° | 2,142 m | 11.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:41 | 19:18 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:02 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:54 | 16:39 |
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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358769526
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