Rattlesnake Butte
Rattlesnake Butte rises to 1,330 m in California. The Whaleback stands 2,601 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is East Jerome Butte, a peak 1.9 miles away. Volcanic Legacy passes 17 miles off.
The story
mountain in Siskiyou County, California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49066662, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1330 m
How to reach it
- 17.0 mi off the Volcanic Legacy, National
Named places within 25 miles
- East Jerome Butte: 1.9 mi
- Jerome Butte: 2.4 mi
- Murch Butte: 3.5 mi
- Mount Hebron: 4.8 mi
- Juniper Knoll: 5.1 mi
- Dragons Mouth: 20.9 mi
- Bearpaw Bridge: 22.1 mi
- Forbidden Arch: 22.1 mi
- Balcony Bridge: 22.1 mi
- Boulevard Bridge: 22.2 mi
- Coming Home: 20.1 mi
- POW - MIA: 20.1 mi
- All Wounded Warriors: 20.1 mi
- The Nurses: 20.1 mi
- Why? Group: 20.1 mi
- Padgetts Bluff: 8.2 mi
- Cedar Point: 11.8 mi
- Gillem Bluff: 21.1 mi
- Gillem Bluff: 21.2 mi
- Gillem Bluff: 21.3 mi
- Living Memorial Sculpture Garden: 20.2 mi
- Hot LZ Memorial Wall: 20.3 mi
- New Pokegama: 22.3 mi
- Copco Number 1 Dam: 23.8 mi
- Copco Number 2 Dam: 24.0 mi
- Fleener Chimneys: 20.9 mi
- Black Crater: 21.7 mi
- Gillems Camp: 21.9 mi
- Thomas-Wright Battlefield: 22.4 mi
- Canby Cross: 22.5 mi
- Deer Mountain Snowmobile Park: 15.9 mi
- Turtle Campground: 20.1 mi
- Spring Island Day Use Site: 23.0 mi
- Butte Valley Wildlife Area: 8.7 mi
- Lava Beds National Monument: 24.8 mi
- Martins Dairy Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
- Doorknob Snowmobile park: 22.1 mi
- Grass Lake Rest Area: 13.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Rattlesnake Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Whaleback | SSW 208° | 2,601 m | 18.5 mi |
| Haight Mountain | S 178° | 2,434 m | 16.2 mi |
| West Haight Mountain | S 186° | 2,430 m | 15.6 mi |
| Willow Creek Mountain | WNW 285° | 2,384 m | 14.1 mi |
| Ball Mountain | WNW 283° | 2,373 m | 9.6 mi |
| Garner Mountain | SE 144° | 2,195 m | 14.7 mi |
| Red Cap Mountain | SE 142° | 2,147 m | 19.2 mi |
| Pumice Stone Mountain | SE 136° | 2,120 m | 19.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:44 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 20:05 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:56 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 35 | 39 | 44 | 53 | 60 | 68 | 67 | 59 | 47 | 37 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Keno, 23 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358807152
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