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Red Butte

Red Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Red Butte rises to 1,618 m in California. Lyons Peak stands 2,398 m to the south, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Natural Bridge, a natural arch 0.6 miles away.

The story

Mountain in Siskiyou County, California, United States; Geonames ID = 5570076.

Wikidata Q49067064, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1,618 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.70238, -121.52970

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Natural arches: 14
  • Natural Bridge: 0.6 mi
  • Ovis Bridge: 0.6 mi
  • Heppe Bridge: 0.8 mi
  • Brushy Bridge: 0.9 mi
  • Venetian Bridge: 0.9 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Garden Bridges: 0.9 mi
  • Hidden Valley: 1.0 mi
  • Fleener Chimneys: 4.3 mi
  • Black Crater: 4.5 mi
  • Thomas-Wright Battlefield: 4.7 mi
Historic sites: 7
Parks: 4
  • Tulelake-Butte Valley Fairgrounds: 17.2 mi
  • Otis Roper Park: 17.7 mi
  • Malin Community Park: 22.4 mi
  • Good Duck Park: 22.5 mi
Cliffs: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Doorknob Snowmobile park: 2.8 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Springs: 1
  • Deer Spring: 24.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Red Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakS2,398 m8.6 mi
Mount HoffmanSSW2,397 m6.5 mi
Red Shale ButteS2,381 m8.5 mi
Glass MountainS2,316 m7.1 mi
Medicine MountainSSW2,295 m10.5 mi
Badger PeakSW2,236 m8.8 mi
Little Mount HoffmanSW2,197 m10.9 mi
Grouse HillSW2,142 m8.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:19
June solstice05:3220:0320:45
September equinox06:5418:2819:05
December solstice07:3115:5516:39

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/59949967

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