Mowitz Butte
Mowitz Butte rises to 1,561 m in California. Schaffer Mountain stands 1,988 m to the south, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Lone Pine Butte, a peak 5.6 miles away. 64 named places lie within 25 miles, 55 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49055454, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,561 m
How to reach it
64 named places within 25 miles
- Lone Pine Butte: 5.6 mi
- Knobcone Butte: 8.0 mi
- Bump Heads: 9.4 mi
- Rail Mountain: 9.9 mi
- Deer Hill: 10.0 mi
- Canby's Cross: 23.0 mi
- Captain Jack's Stronghold: 23.0 mi
- 1873 Two Warm Springs Indians: 23.2 mi
- Tule Lake: 23.8 mi
- Porcupine Rim: 13.8 mi
- Noble Bluff: 20.5 mi
- Deer Spring: 11.4 mi
- Evans and Bailey Historical Monument: 21.5 mi
- Petroglyph Point: 23.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mowitz Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schaffer Mountain | S 170° | 1,988 m | 23.1 mi |
| Happy Camp Mountain | SSW 199° | 1,840 m | 19.8 mi |
| Beaver Mountain | NE 39° | 1,766 m | 23.3 mi |
| East Point | NE 37° | 1,752 m | 11.8 mi |
| Blue Mountain | NE 38° | 1,746 m | 11.3 mi |
| Harp Mountain | NNE 16° | 1,715 m | 23.4 mi |
| Cuppy Butte | SSW 192° | 1,707 m | 19.8 mi |
| South Peak | NNE 25° | 1,700 m | 24.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:40 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:01 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 15:52 | 16:37 |
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 | 31 | 35 | 40 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 68 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 38 | 30 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Canby 3 SW, 19 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 229212 — Mowitz Butte, Modoc County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358771339
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