Lone Butte
Lone Butte rises to 2,068 m in Nevada. Ruby Dome stands 3,428 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Valley Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Lamoille Canyon Road passes 19 miles off. 48 named places lie within 25 miles, 26 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Elko County, Nevada, United States of America
Wikidata Q49046012, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2068 m
How to reach it
- 19.2 mi off the Lamoille Canyon Road
48 named places within 25 miles
- Valley Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Spruce Mountain: 9.8 mi
- Delcer Buttes: 11.4 mi
- West Buttes: 14.2 mi
- Green Mountain: 17.6 mi
- Curtis Spring: 8.0 mi
- Arizona Spring: 12.6 mi
- Warm Springs: 12.9 mi
- Greek Spring: 15.5 mi
- Mound Springs: 16.3 mi
- Sprucemont: 7.2 mi
- Ruby City: 14.7 mi
- Tobar: 23.7 mi
- Currie: 24.9 mi
- Fort Halleck Historical Marker: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lone Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby Dome | W 279° | 3,428 m | 24.8 mi |
| Mount Fitzgerald | W 278° | 3,418 m | 21.3 mi |
| Snow Lake Peak | W 278° | 3,394 m | 20.6 mi |
| Verdi Peak | WNW 287° | 3,375 m | 19.1 mi |
| Mount Gilbert | W 280° | 3,352 m | 23.3 mi |
| Humboldt Peak | NNW 346° | 3,349 m | 23.9 mi |
| Mount Silliman | W 279° | 3,336 m | 23.8 mi |
| Lake Peak | W 270° | 3,329 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:34 | 20:15 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:03 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:01 | 15:33 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 36 | 42 | 50 | 59 | 67 | 66 | 57 | 46 | 34 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Arthur 4NW, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 845540 — Lone Butte, Elko County, Nevada.
OpenStreetMap element node/357551306
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