Red Butte
Red Butte rises to 2,553 m in California. Mount Shasta stands 4,322 m to the north-northwest, 3.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Panther Springs, a spring 0.9 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Siskiyou County, California, United States; Geonames ID = 5570075.
Wikidata Q49067062, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,553.3 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Gray Butte: 1.0 mi
- Green Butte: 1.5 mi
- Shastarama Point: 1.8 mi
- Red Hill: 2.0 mi
- Marmot Ridge: 2.5 mi
- Mud Creek Falls: 1.7 mi
- Ash Creek Falls: 3.8 mi
- Coquette Falls: 6.2 mi
- Whitney Falls: 7.6 mi
- Mossbrae Falls: 9.4 mi
- Panther Springs: 0.9 mi
- Big Springs: 7.9 mi
- Fern Spring: 15.2 mi
- Indian Springs: 15.4 mi
- Popcorn Spring: 16.1 mi
- Siskiyou Art Musuem: 11.4 mi
- Peaceful Warrior: 12.8 mi
- Greatest Generation: 12.9 mi
- Those Left Behind: 12.9 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 13.0 mi
- Shastice Park: 6.7 mi
- Hoo Hoo Park: 7.6 mi
- Mount Shasta City Park: 7.9 mi
- Tauhindauli Park: 10.9 mi
- Bel Air Park: 11.4 mi
- Everett Memorial: 4.2 mi
- Monroe Memorial: 8.1 mi
- Old fire lookout foundation: 8.7 mi
- Hot LZ Memorial Wall: 12.8 mi
- Living Memorial Sculpture Garden: 12.8 mi
- Cantara Loop River Access: 9.3 mi
- Ney Springs River Access: 9.5 mi
- Cougar Park Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
- Lower Falls Day Use Area: 11.8 mi
- Upper Falls Day Use Area: 12.3 mi
- Heritage Junction Museum: 7.7 mi
- Sisson Museum: 8.5 mi
- Weed Museum: 11.4 mi
- Siskiyou Arts Museum: 11.4 mi
- Red Banks: 2.7 mi
- Castle Crags: 14.8 mi
- Cosmic Wall: 15.1 mi
- Weed Airport Rest Area: 16.3 mi
- Grass Lake Rest Area: 19.5 mi
- Sulphur Springs: 3.4 mi
- Sisson Meadow: 7.4 mi
- Lake Siskiyou Beach: 10.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Red Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Shasta | NNW 348° | 4,322 m | 3.4 mi |
| Misery Hill | NNW 344° | 4,206 m | 3.2 mi |
| Thumb Rock | NNW 341° | 3,939 m | 2.7 mi |
| Shastina | NNW 326° | 3,758 m | 4.0 mi |
| Shastarama Point | NNW 337° | 3,394 m | 1.8 mi |
| Casaval Ridge | NW 313° | 3,188 m | 2.7 mi |
| Green Butte | WNW 296° | 2,802 m | 1.5 mi |
| Mount Eddy | W 260° | 2,751 m | 15.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 20:04 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:59 | 16:43 |
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 | 36 | 38 | 42 | 47 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 41 | 35 |
| Precip in | 7.1 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 7.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Shasta, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358807158
Day trips start here
- McCloud · 8 mi
- Mount Shasta · 8 mi
- Weed · 11 mi
- Dunsmuir · 12 mi
- Siskiyou County · 25 mi
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