Red Elephant Butte
Red Elephant Butte rises to 2,538 m in Nevada. Matterhorn stands 3,250 m to the west-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is White Elephant Butte, a peak 0.6 miles away. California Trail Back Country Byway passes 20 miles off. 77 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Nevada, United States of America
Wikidata Q49067207, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2538 m
How to reach it
- 20.4 mi off the California Trail Back Country Byway
77 named places within 25 miles
- White Elephant Butte: 0.6 mi
- Mahogany Elephant Butte: 1.1 mi
- Owens Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Quartzite Butte: 1.9 mi
- Wrangle Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Bull Camp Spring: 2.5 mi
- Black Spring: 3.3 mi
- Sagehen Spring: 3.5 mi
- Elk Spring: 3.9 mi
- Chicken Spring: 4.9 mi
- Castle Rock: 12.1 mi
- Black Rock: 12.8 mi
- Danger Point: 21.5 mi
- The Palisade: 22.0 mi
- Urdahl Concentrated Use Area: 18.4 mi
- San Jacinto: 20.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Elephant Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matterhorn | WSW 246° | 3,250 m | 16.8 mi |
| Bald Peak | WSW 255° | 3,208 m | 16.8 mi |
| Jarbidge Peak | WSW 254° | 3,207 m | 16.9 mi |
| Square Top | WSW 249° | 3,189 m | 16.8 mi |
| Jumbo Peak | WSW 251° | 3,189 m | 16.9 mi |
| Marys River Peak | SW 235° | 3,189 m | 17.9 mi |
| Cougar Peak | WSW 242° | 3,154 m | 17.0 mi |
| Prospect Peak | WSW 241° | 3,137 m | 16.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 19:37 | 20:20 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:02 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 15:28 | 16:13 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 37 | 42 | 50 | 57 | 66 | 65 | 57 | 46 | 35 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Murphy (desert) HOT Springs, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357558737
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