Major Butte
Major Butte rises to 1,019 m in Oregon. Mount Ashland stands 2,296 m to the southwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Songer Butte, a peak 1.1 miles away. Rogue-Umpqua passes 28 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Oregon, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49047594, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,019 m
How to reach it
- 28.1 mi off the Rogue-Umpqua, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Clay Street Park: 5.3 mi
- Sherwood Park: 5.5 mi
- Garden Way Park: 5.6 mi
- Hunter Park: 5.7 mi
- Garfield Park: 6.4 mi
- Little Songer Butte: 1.1 mi
- Songer Butte: 1.4 mi
- Buck Point: 2.3 mi
- Tom Spring Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Dunn Butte: 2.8 mi
- Iron Mike: 7.4 mi
- Dunlop Ranch Cabin: 14.2 mi
- Walch Wayside Memorial: 15.6 mi
- Alden Historical Marker: 15.7 mi
- Iron Gate Dam: 17.0 mi
- ScienceWorks: 6.1 mi
- Green Show: 7.3 mi
- Oregon Shakespeare Festival: 7.3 mi
- Cedarwood barn: 11.7 mi
- Pheasant Fields Farm: 14.6 mi
- Clay St Community Garden: 5.3 mi
- Ashland Creek Community Garden: 7.4 mi
- Japanese Garden: 7.4 mi
- Helman Community Garden: 7.7 mi
- Pollenator Garden: 14.2 mi
- Oredson-Todd Woods: 5.0 mi
- Siskiyou Mountain Park: 5.4 mi
- Sharon Fen Preserve: 8.0 mi
- Klamath River Fishing Access: 18.4 mi
- Beekman Woods: 22.4 mi
- Pompadour Bluff: 4.6 mi
- Payne Cliffs: 13.1 mi
- Ward's Canyon: 16.9 mi
- Klamath Rim: 17.7 mi
- Slinger Rock: 17.7 mi
- Jenny Creek Spring: 12.7 mi
- Latgawa Soda Springs: 14.0 mi
- Big Springs: 15.4 mi
- Sheep Camp Spring: 17.1 mi
- Dutchman Spring: 17.6 mi
- Talent Historical Society: 12.3 mi
- Phoenix Museum: 14.8 mi
- Kid Time! Discovery Experience: 19.1 mi
- Hanley Farm: 21.9 mi
- Historic Jackson County Courthouse: 22.5 mi
- Madrone: 7.3 mi
- Mirror Cove Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
- Madrone Ledge Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
- Roxy Ann Picnic Area: 17.6 mi
- Rainbow Bay Day Use Area: 24.7 mi
- Siskiyou Rest Area: 3.7 mi
- Suncrest Rest Area: 12.6 mi
- Randolph E. Collier Rest Area: 20.9 mi
- Captain Morgan: 11.1 mi
- Jack Daniel: 11.1 mi
- Rogue Gallery & Art Center: 18.9 mi
- Pinehurst: 11.4 mi
- Sterlingville: 19.1 mi
- Buncom: 21.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Major Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ashland | SW 234° | 2,296 m | 8.5 mi |
| Wagner Butte | WSW 256° | 2,211 m | 10.1 mi |
| McDonald Peak | WSW 241° | 2,203 m | 10.0 mi |
| Siskiyou Peak | SW 236° | 2,178 m | 11.3 mi |
| Big Red Mountain | WSW 242° | 2,149 m | 15.0 mi |
| Split Rock | WSW 244° | 2,109 m | 9.8 mi |
| Old Baldy | ENE 67° | 1,930 m | 16.4 mi |
| Chinquapin Mountain | E 91° | 1,870 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:46 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:08 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 15:57 | 16:42 |
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 | 39 | 42 | 45 | 49 | 56 | 62 | 69 | 68 | 62 | 52 | 43 | 38 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ashland, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1135652 — Major Butte, Jackson County, Oregon.
OpenStreetMap element node/357304634
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