Rocky Buttes
Rocky Buttes rises to 842 m in California. Mount Baden-Powell stands 2,860 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park, a park 1.2 miles away.
The story
mountain in California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49069062, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 842 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Piute Butte: 1.5 mi
- Alpine Butte: 1.8 mi
- Lovejoy Buttes: 3.3 mi
- Little Butte: 4.4 mi
- Saddleback Butte: 4.7 mi
- Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park: 1.2 mi
- Stephen Sorensen Park: 3.5 mi
- Jackie Robinson Park: 7.6 mi
- Avenue T Park: 8.7 mi
- Everett Martin Park: 9.8 mi
- Lovejoy Springs: 3.7 mi
- Moody Springs: 9.6 mi
- Moss Spring: 18.3 mi
- Icy Springs: 19.2 mi
- Kentucky Springs: 19.3 mi
- D-21: 12.5 mi
- SR-71: 12.5 mi
- A-12: 12.5 mi
- U-2: 12.5 mi
- Shuttle Carrier Aircraft: 12.7 mi
- Alpine Butte Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.8 mi
- Butte Valley Wildflower Sanctuary: 6.1 mi
- Carl O Gerhardy Wildlife Sanctuary: 10.6 mi
- Theodore Payne Wildlife Sanctuary: 13.2 mi
- Prime Desert Woodland Preserve: 18.4 mi
- Antelope Valley State Indian Museum: 1.3 mi
- Blackbird Airpark: 12.5 mi
- Joe Davies Heritage Airpark: 12.6 mi
- Museum of Art and History: 15.7 mi
- Century Circle: 16.9 mi
- Llano del Rio: 10.0 mi
- Aerospace Walk of Honor: 15.5 mi
- Aerospace Walk of Honor: 15.6 mi
- X1 Loading Pit: 17.4 mi
- Vincent's Cabin: 20.6 mi
- Saddleback Butte picnic area: 4.1 mi
- Jackson Lake: 19.4 mi
- Mescal Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
- Eagles Roost Day Use Area: 20.2 mi
- Ridge Crest Picnic Ground: 20.3 mi
- Astral Challenger: 13.6 mi
- One Desert Sky: 14.8 mi
- Dorr Canyon Falls: 19.1 mi
- Cooper Canyon Falls: 19.8 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 10.0 mi
- Old Town Community Garden: 12.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Rocky Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Baden-Powell | SSE 163° | 2,860 m | 20.8 mi |
| Throop Peak | SSE 168° | 2,779 m | 20.9 mi |
| Mount Burnham | SSE 165° | 2,740 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mount Hawkins | S 170° | 2,677 m | 21.4 mi |
| Middle Hawkins | S 171° | 2,593 m | 21.8 mi |
| Mount Lewis | SSE 169° | 2,546 m | 19.3 mi |
| Mount Islip | S 175° | 2,518 m | 20.9 mi |
| Mount Williamson | S 177° | 2,504 m | 19.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:17 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:06 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 51 | 56 | 60 | 68 | 77 | 83 | 83 | 77 | 67 | 55 | 47 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pearblossom, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 248304 — Rocky Buttes, Los Angeles County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358791252
Day trips start here
- Palmdale · 14 mi
- Adelanto · 25 mi
- Angeles National Forest · 26 mi
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