Piute Butte
Piute Butte rises to 964 m in California. Mount Baden-Powell stands 2,860 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park, a park 0.4 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off. 187 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49062446, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 964 m
How to reach it
- 28.7 mi off the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
187 named places within 25 miles
- Rocky Buttes: 1.5 mi
- Little Butte: 2.9 mi
- Saddleback Butte: 3.2 mi
- Alpine Butte: 3.3 mi
- Lovejoy Buttes: 3.9 mi
- Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park: 0.4 mi
- Stephen Sorensen Park: 3.5 mi
- Jackie Robinson Park: 9.1 mi
- Avenue T Park: 10.1 mi
- Everett Martin Park: 11.1 mi
- Lovejoy Springs: 3.8 mi
- Moody Springs: 8.6 mi
- Moss Spring: 19.2 mi
- Icy Springs: 19.6 mi
- Reed Spring: 20.1 mi
- D-21: 13.9 mi
- SR-71: 13.9 mi
- A-12: 13.9 mi
- U-2: 13.9 mi
- Shuttle Carrier Aircraft: 14.1 mi
- Antelope Valley State Indian Museum: 0.5 mi
- Blackbird Airpark: 13.9 mi
- Joe Davies Heritage Airpark: 14.0 mi
- Century Circle: 16.8 mi
- Museum of Art and History: 16.8 mi
- Saddleback Butte picnic area: 2.7 mi
- Jackson Lake: 19.6 mi
- Mescal Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
- Grassy Hollow Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
- Eagles Roost Day Use Area: 21.0 mi
- Llano del Rio: 10.5 mi
- Aerospace Walk of Honor: 16.6 mi
- X1 Loading Pit: 16.7 mi
- Vincent's Cabin: 20.9 mi
- In the Pines: 21.3 mi
- Alpine Butte Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.2 mi
- Butte Valley Wildflower Sanctuary: 4.6 mi
- Carl O Gerhardy Wildlife Sanctuary: 9.5 mi
- Theodore Payne Wildlife Sanctuary: 12.9 mi
- Prime Desert Woodland Preserve: 19.6 mi
- Astral Challenger: 14.9 mi
- One Desert Sky: 15.9 mi
- Dorr Canyon Falls: 19.5 mi
- Cooper Canyon Falls: 20.7 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 10.5 mi
- Old Town Community Garden: 14.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Piute Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Baden-Powell | SSE 167° | 2,860 m | 21.2 mi |
| Throop Peak | S 172° | 2,779 m | 21.4 mi |
| Mount Burnham | S 169° | 2,740 m | 21.0 mi |
| Mount Hawkins | S 173° | 2,677 m | 22.0 mi |
| Middle Hawkins | S 175° | 2,593 m | 22.4 mi |
| Mount Lewis | S 173° | 2,546 m | 19.9 mi |
| Mount Islip | S 178° | 2,518 m | 21.6 mi |
| Mount Williamson | S 181° | 2,504 m | 19.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:06 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 51 | 56 | 60 | 68 | 77 | 83 | 83 | 77 | 67 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pearblossom, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1661236 — Piute Butte, Los Angeles County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358808545
Day trips start here
- Palmdale · 15 mi
- Adelanto · 24 mi
- Angeles National Forest · 28 mi
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