Red Buttes
Red Buttes rises to 949 m in California. Owens Peak stands 2,574 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Last Chance Canyon Arch, a natural arch 0.7 miles away. 157 named places lie within 25 miles, 42 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Kern County, California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49067141, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 949 m
How to reach it
157 named places within 25 miles
- Mesa Spring: 2.8 mi
- Poison Spring: 4.6 mi
- Mesquite Springs: 6.0 mi
- Sheep Spring: 8.1 mi
- Alphie Spring: 10.0 mi
- Black Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Sugarloaf: 9.4 mi
- 500 Hill: 11.3 mi
- Blue Point: 11.8 mi
- Robbers Roost: 12.0 mi
- East Park: 16.0 mi
- B Park: 16.0 mi
- Inyokern County Park: 16.4 mi
- Galileo Hill Park: 16.5 mi
- Silver Saddle Ranch and Club: 16.6 mi
- Moment of Engagement: 19.3 mi
- Jet Model: 19.4 mi
- Artistic Tributes: 19.7 mi
- Metal Petroglyphs (Shaman): 19.7 mi
- Petroglyphs from Around the World: 19.7 mi
- Red Rock Canyon State Park: 3.5 mi
- Red Cliffs Natural Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Desert Tortoise Natural Area: 8.7 mi
- Fremont Valley Ecological Reserve: 9.3 mi
- Desert Tortoise Preserve: 13.9 mi
- Cudahy camp: 1.0 mi
- Bickel Camp: 1.8 mi
- Josephine Stephens Bishop: 9.7 mi
- X-15 Memorial: 17.6 mi
- Fremont: 24.7 mi
- The Rand Desert Museum: 15.0 mi
- Historical Society of the Upper Mojave Desert: 19.4 mi
- Maturango Museum: 19.9 mi
- China Lake Museum: 20.0 mi
- Naval Museum of Armament & Technology: 22.2 mi
- Burro Schmidt Tunnel: 2.2 mi
- Red cliffs trail: 5.4 mi
- F-4 Phantom II - NWC China Lake 1374: 21.0 mi
- plane: 21.5 mi
- Tamarisk Grove: 6.3 mi
- Red Rooster Picnic Site: 6.5 mi
- Donley: 6.8 mi
- Berts Canyon Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
- Garlock: 7.1 mi
- Freeman Junction: 12.5 mi
- Atolia: 18.7 mi
- Last Chance Canyon Arch: 0.7 mi
- Herbal Zen Garden: 19.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owens Peak | NNW 348° | 2,574 m | 22.4 mi |
| Mount Jenkins | NNW 347° | 2,396 m | 20.4 mi |
| Spanish Needle | NNW 348° | 2,390 m | 24.7 mi |
| Sorrell Peak | W 270° | 2,348 m | 21.2 mi |
| Morris Peak | NNW 347° | 2,199 m | 19.1 mi |
| Skinner Peak | NW 310° | 2,172 m | 15.7 mi |
| Pinyon Peak | NNW 331° | 2,063 m | 20.6 mi |
| Russell Peak | N 352° | 2,041 m | 17.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:33 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 16:04 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 47 | 49 | 54 | 61 | 69 | 79 | 85 | 84 | 77 | 66 | 54 | 46 |
| Precip in | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Randsburg, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358796465
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