Porcupine Butte
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
Named places within 25 miles
- Timber Hill: 2.3 mi
- Red Hill: 2.7 mi
- Powder Hill: 3.7 mi
- Snag Hill: 4.0 mi
- Stud Hill: 4.7 mi
- 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
- 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
- Doorknob Snowmobile park: 17.1 mi
- Upper Falls Day Use Area: 24.7 mi
- Bigalow Bridge Day Use Area: 24.8 mi
- Middle Falls: 24.5 mi
- Upper Falls: 24.7 mi
- Long Bell State Game Refuge 1N: 12.3 mi
- Deer Springs: 22.3 mi
- Lava Beds National Monument: 24.7 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyons Peak | NNE 25° | 2,398 m | 11.7 mi |
| Mount Hoffman | N 11° | 2,397 m | 13.0 mi |
| Red Shale Butte | NNE 21° | 2,381 m | 11.4 mi |
| Glass Mountain | NNE 23° | 2,316 m | 13.2 mi |
| Medicine Mountain | N 357° | 2,295 m | 9.5 mi |
| Badger Peak | N 354° | 2,236 m | 12.0 mi |
| Little Mount Hoffman | NNW 345° | 2,197 m | 11.0 mi |
| Garner Mountain | NW 317° | 2,195 m | 15.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:42 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 20:02 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:29 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:56 | 16:41 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 40 | 44 | 52 | 60 | 69 | 68 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 32 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358799203
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