Pilot Butte
Pilot Butte rises to 1,264 m in California. Knox Mountain stands 2,149 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Roberts Butte, a peak 1.2 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49061258, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,264 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Roberts Butte: 1.2 mi
- Fox Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Splawn Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Jimmerson Mountain: 7.7 mi
- Black Butte: 8.3 mi
- Ash Creek Wildlife Area: 3.4 mi
- Clara Bieber Memorial Park: 6.2 mi
- Adin park: 9.0 mi
- Hayden Hill-Silva Flat State Game Refuge: 16.0 mi
- Evans and Bailey Historical Monument: 21.6 mi
- The Cliffs: 10.0 mi
- Noble Bluff: 13.5 mi
- Beaver Creek Rim: 19.9 mi
- Site of the First School in Fall River Valley: 15.0 mi
- Lockhart Ferry: 22.3 mi
- Young Falls: 15.6 mi
- Pit River Falls: 24.2 mi
- Dutch Flat Wildlife Area: 7.6 mi
- Fort Crook Museum: 22.4 mi
- Deer Spring: 23.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Pilot Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knox Mountain | E 95° | 2,149 m | 21.7 mi |
| Manzanita Mountain | ENE 74° | 2,137 m | 17.0 mi |
| Grouse Mountain | ENE 59° | 2,111 m | 16.0 mi |
| Schaffer Mountain | NE 44° | 1,988 m | 14.8 mi |
| Horsehead Mountain | ENE 61° | 1,988 m | 15.4 mi |
| Hermit Butte | ENE 64° | 1,979 m | 19.2 mi |
| Spring Hill | SE 137° | 1,955 m | 21.7 mi |
| Fox Mountain | NE 47° | 1,943 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:40 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:00 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:27 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:55 | 16:39 |
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 | 36 | 38 | 42 | 47 | 55 | 62 | 70 | 68 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Adin RS, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 230654 — Pilot Butte, Modoc County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358772673
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