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Porcupine Butte

Porcupine Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Porcupine Butte rises to 1,524 m in California. Lyons Peak stands 2,398 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Timber Hill, a peak 2.3 miles away.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49063375, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1524 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.42571, -121.60305

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Natural arches: 13
  • Heppe Bridge: 19.1 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 19.6 mi
  • Ovis Bridge: 19.7 mi
  • Brushy Bridge: 20.1 mi
  • Venetian Bridge: 20.1 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Freudian System Cave: 4.5 mi
  • Hidden Valley: 18.7 mi
  • Garden Bridges: 20.1 mi
  • Fleener Chimneys: 23.0 mi
  • Black Crater: 23.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Doorknob Snowmobile park: 17.1 mi
  • Upper Falls Day Use Area: 24.7 mi
  • Bigalow Bridge Day Use Area: 24.8 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Parks: 1
  • Long Bell State Game Refuge 1N: 12.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • Deer Springs: 22.3 mi
Nature reserves: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Porcupine Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakNNE 25°2,398 m11.7 mi
Mount HoffmanN 11°2,397 m13.0 mi
Red Shale ButteNNE 21°2,381 m11.4 mi
Glass MountainNNE 23°2,316 m13.2 mi
Medicine MountainN 357°2,295 m9.5 mi
Badger PeakN 354°2,236 m12.0 mi
Little Mount HoffmanNNW 345°2,197 m11.0 mi
Garner MountainNW 317°2,195 m15.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4219:19
June solstice05:3420:0220:44
September equinox06:5518:2919:05
December solstice07:3015:5616:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333540445260696862513932
Precip in1.62.11.91.31.41.00.40.30.40.81.51.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lava Beds NAT MON, 20 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358799203

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