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Red Buttes

Red Buttes, seen from above at true elevation

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. 167 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

Coordinates35.42079, -117.91340

167 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 55
  • 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
Peaks: 42
Parks: 19
Artworks: 18
Nature reserves: 7
Attractions: 6
Museums: 6
Historic sites: 5
  • 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
Picnic sites: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Last Chance Canyon Arch: 0.7 mi
Gardens: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Owens PeakNNW 348°2,574 m22.4 mi
Mount JenkinsNNW 347°2,396 m20.4 mi
Spanish NeedleNNW 348°2,390 m24.7 mi
Sorrell PeakW 270°2,348 m21.2 mi
Morris PeakNNW 347°2,199 m19.1 mi
Skinner PeakNW 310°2,172 m15.7 mi
Pinyon PeakNNW 331°2,063 m20.6 mi
Russell PeakN 352°2,041 m17.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:3019:04
June solstice05:3819:3320:11
September equinox06:4018:1618:50
December solstice06:5816:0416:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F474954616979858477665446
Precip in1.41.61.00.40.10.00.20.20.20.50.50.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Randsburg, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358796465

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