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. 187 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.
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
187 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Llano del Rio: 10.0 mi
- Aerospace Walk of Honor: 15.5 mi
- X1 Loading Pit: 17.4 mi
- Vincent's Cabin: 20.6 mi
- In the Pines: 21.2 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 25 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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