Padres Butte

Padres Butte rises to 1,185 m in Utah. Navajo Mountain / Naatsisʼáán stands 3,148 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Dominguez Butte, a peak 1.2 miles away. Naat' tsis' aan - Navajo Mountain Scenic Road passes 12 miles off. 142 named places lie within 25 miles, 49 of them named summits.
The story
Padres Butte is a butte near the tip of Padre Point on the south shore of Lake Powell in San Juan County, Utah, United States.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q22073349, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1185 m
How to reach it
- 11.9 mi off the Naat' tsis' aan - Navajo Mountain Scenic Road
- 24.7 mi off the Fredonia-Vermillion Cliffs Scenic Road
142 named places within 25 miles
- Dominguez Butte: 1.2 mi
- Gregory Butte: 2.9 mi
- Gunsight Butte: 3.0 mi
- Cookie Jar Butte: 3.1 mi
- Boundary Butte: 3.2 mi
- Diagenetic Arch: 6.9 mi
- Navajo Arch: 7.6 mi
- Toilet Bowl Arch (collapse): 8.7 mi
- Jett Arch: 8.7 mi
- Ken's Tours: 12.3 mi
- Dewey Seep: 8.4 mi
- Harry Colwes Spring: 16.4 mi
- Maple Seep: 17.3 mi
- Tank Hollow Spring: 17.4 mi
- Pool Hollow Spring: 18.0 mi
- Harveys Fear Cliff: 16.8 mi
- Autumn Magallanes Cliff: 17.2 mi
- Straight Cliffs: 18.8 mi
- Straight Cliffs: 18.9 mi
- Straight Cliffs: 19.1 mi
- Lake Powell Navajo Tribal Park: 5.7 mi
- Golliard Park: 12.7 mi
- John C Page Park: 13.4 mi
- Jack Doland Field: 13.5 mi
- Elm Street Fitness Park: 13.7 mi
- Lone Rock Beach: 14.3 mi
- Paria Beach: 22.3 mi
- Wilson Ranch: 21.6 mi
- Scout Monument: 23.0 mi
- John Wesley Powell Museum: 13.2 mi
- Lee's Ferry: 20.9 mi
- Echo Peaks Fall: 22.0 mi
- Owl Bridge: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Padres Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navajo Mountain / Naatsisʼáán | E 92° | 3,148 m | 22.8 mi |
| Cougar Knoll | NNE 23° | 2,318 m | 19.8 mi |
| Blondie Knoll | NE 36° | 2,296 m | 18.8 mi |
| Navajo Point | ENE 60° | 2,249 m | 16.7 mi |
| Octagon Butte | ESE 119° | 2,036 m | 17.8 mi |
| Haystack Rock | ESE 102° | 1,859 m | 22.8 mi |
| Balanced Rock Mesa | ESE 103° | 1,856 m | 22.5 mi |
| Round Rock | ESE 106° | 1,827 m | 19.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:32 | 17:12 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–May, Sep–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 38 | 43 | 52 | 59 | 69 | 81 | 86 | 83 | 75 | 62 | 48 | 38 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wahweap, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1431070 — Padres Butte, San Juan County, Utah.
OpenStreetMap element node/356673820
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