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Pilot Butte

Pilot Butte, seen from above at true elevation

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
1264 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.21017, -121.11525

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 7
Cliffs: 3
Historic sites: 2
  • Site of the First School in Fall River Valley: 15.0 mi
  • Lockhart Ferry: 22.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Young Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Pit River Falls: 24.2 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Museums: 1
Springs: 1
  • 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Knox MountainE 95°2,149 m21.7 mi
Manzanita MountainENE 74°2,137 m17.0 mi
Grouse MountainENE 59°2,111 m16.0 mi
Schaffer MountainNE 44°1,988 m14.8 mi
Horsehead MountainENE 61°1,988 m15.4 mi
Hermit ButteENE 64°1,979 m19.2 mi
Spring HillSE 137°1,955 m21.7 mi
Fox MountainNE 47°1,943 m5.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4019:17
June solstice05:3320:0020:42
September equinox06:5318:2719:03
December solstice07:2715:5516:39

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363842475562706863524134
Precip in1.91.51.71.61.70.80.20.20.41.01.62.2

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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