Middle Butte
Middle Butte rises to 1,260 m in California. Alder Hill stands 2,359 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Butte, a peak 0.4 miles away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49049789, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,260 m
How to reach it
- 27.8 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Liberty Vista Point · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Butte: 0.4 mi
- Big Butte: 0.5 mi
- Hope Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Sunday Ridge: 1.5 mi
- Baltic Peak: 2.7 mi
- Archery: 4.8 mi
- Sportsmans Hall State Historic Landmark 704: 6.2 mi
- Pollock Pines Recreation Park: 7.1 mi
- Eight Mile House State Historic Landmark: 7.4 mi
- Pioneer Park: 9.0 mi
- Marble Springs: 8.6 mi
- Liddicoat Spring: 9.3 mi
- Chicken Hawk Spring: 11.1 mi
- Jay Bird Spring: 11.3 mi
- Granite Spring: 14.1 mi
- Nature Center and Observatory: 5.3 mi
- Fountain and Tallman Soda Factory Museum: 13.7 mi
- Sobon Estate Museum: 14.4 mi
- Shenandoah Valley Museum: 14.7 mi
- El Dorado Historical Museum: 15.4 mi
- Trails West Marker: 5.8 mi
- Elkus: 15.2 mi
- Iron Mountain Ski Resort: 18.7 mi
- Sutter's Mill Site: 20.3 mi
- Keystone Mine: 22.7 mi
- Leoni House: 4.9 mi
- Twin Bridges Swimming Hole: 8.4 mi
- Black Chasm Cavern: 16.9 mi
- The Old Schoolhouse, Drytown: 22.6 mi
- Historic Joseph H. Thomas House: 22.6 mi
- Bridal Veil Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Cleveland Corral: 10.4 mi
- Shot Rock Vista Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
- Sandy Cove Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
- "Love Comes Softly" movie set: 24.8 mi
- Sugar Bun: 15.0 mi
- Calaveras Dome: 21.8 mi
- Big Crater: 23.8 mi
- Little Crater: 24.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 24.4 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 7.5 mi
- Rock Creek: 14.7 mi
- Bassi Falls: 19.5 mi
- Finnon Recreation Area: 13.6 mi
- Logtown: 16.2 mi
- Sherwood Demonstration Garden: 17.3 mi
- Pit Stop Beach: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Middle Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alder Hill | E 99° | 2,359 m | 17.4 mi |
| Leek Spring Hill | E 101° | 2,323 m | 15.3 mi |
| Peddler Hill | ESE 112° | 2,175 m | 17.0 mi |
| Four Cornered Peak | NE 48° | 2,072 m | 19.4 mi |
| Robbs Peak | NNE 25° | 2,040 m | 19.4 mi |
| Table Rock | NE 50° | 1,943 m | 18.9 mi |
| Iron Mountain | ENE 78° | 1,902 m | 11.0 mi |
| Eagle Rock | ENE 66° | 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/358770710
Day trips start here
- Placerville · 14 mi
- Coloma · 20 mi
- El Dorado Hills · 28 mi
- Placer County · 28 mi
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