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Lookout Butte

Lookout Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Lookout Butte rises to 1,982 m in California. Lyons Peak stands 2,398 m to the southeast, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Fourmile Hill, a peak 0.8 miles away.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49046499, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1982 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.65127, -121.62555

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Natural arches: 14
  • Heppe Bridge: 5.4 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 6.6 mi
  • Bearpaw Bridge: 6.6 mi
  • Ovis Bridge: 6.6 mi
  • Brushy Bridge: 7.0 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Hidden Valley: 5.1 mi
  • Garden Bridges: 7.0 mi
  • Fleener Chimneys: 8.0 mi
  • Black Crater: 8.7 mi
  • Thomas-Wright Battlefield: 9.4 mi
Historic sites: 8
Cliffs: 7
  • Gillem Bluff: 9.9 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 10.5 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 11.2 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 11.7 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 12.7 mi
Parks: 3
  • Long Bell State Game Refuge 1N: 19.2 mi
  • Tulelake-Butte Valley Fairgrounds: 21.9 mi
  • Otis Roper Park: 22.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Doorknob Snowmobile park: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Lookout Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakSE 129°2,398 m7.9 mi
Mount HoffmanSE 127°2,397 m4.6 mi
Red Shale ButteSE 133°2,381 m7.2 mi
Glass MountainESE 119°2,316 m7.1 mi
Medicine MountainS 173°2,295 m6.1 mi
Badger PeakS 183°2,236 m3.7 mi
Little Mount HoffmanSSW 199°2,197 m5.3 mi
Garner MountainWSW 247°2,195 m10.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4219:19
June solstice05:3320:0320:45
September equinox06:5518:2919:05
December solstice07:3115:5516:40

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333540445260696862513932
Precip in1.62.11.91.31.41.00.40.30.40.81.51.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lava Beds NAT MON, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1659006 — Lookout Butte, Siskiyou County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358806774

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