Saddleback Butte
Saddleback Butte rises to 1,077 m in California. Mount Baden-Powell stands 2,860 m to the south, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Butte, a peak 0.8 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49070741, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,077 m
How to reach it
- 25.8 mi off the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park: 3.5 mi
- Stephen Sorensen Park: 5.1 mi
- El Mirage Park: 10.4 mi
- Jackie Robinson Park: 12.2 mi
- Branch Memorial Park: 12.4 mi
- Little Butte: 0.8 mi
- Piute Butte: 3.2 mi
- Rocky Buttes: 4.7 mi
- Lovejoy Buttes: 6.0 mi
- Alpine Butte: 6.5 mi
- Lovejoy Springs: 5.2 mi
- Moody Springs: 6.7 mi
- Icy Springs: 20.4 mi
- Moss Spring: 21.1 mi
- Lamel Spring: 21.4 mi
- D-21: 17.1 mi
- SR-71: 17.1 mi
- A-12: 17.1 mi
- U-2: 17.1 mi
- Shuttle Carrier Aircraft: 17.3 mi
- Antelope Valley State Indian Museum: 3.5 mi
- Blackbird Airpark: 17.1 mi
- Joe Davies Heritage Airpark: 17.2 mi
- Century Circle: 17.4 mi
- Air Force Flight Test Center Museum: 17.8 mi
- Saddleback Butte picnic area: 1.7 mi
- Jackson Lake: 20.0 mi
- Mescal Picnic Area: 20.2 mi
- Grassy Hollow Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
- Arch Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
- Butte Valley Wildflower Sanctuary: 1.7 mi
- Carl O Gerhardy Wildlife Sanctuary: 7.1 mi
- Alpine Butte Wildlife Sanctuary: 7.2 mi
- Theodore Payne Wildlife Sanctuary: 12.2 mi
- Prime Desert Woodland Preserve: 22.5 mi
- Llano del Rio: 11.8 mi
- X1 Loading Pit: 16.1 mi
- Aerospace Walk of Honor: 19.4 mi
- In the Pines: 21.4 mi
- Vincent's Cabin: 21.5 mi
- Astral Challenger: 17.9 mi
- One Desert Sky: 18.6 mi
- Dorr Canyon Falls: 20.5 mi
- Cooper Canyon Falls: 22.6 mi
- Boron Rest Area: 23.2 mi
- High Desert Truck Stop: 24.7 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 11.8 mi
- Old Town Community Garden: 17.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Saddleback Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Baden-Powell | S 175° | 2,860 m | 22.0 mi |
| Throop Peak | S 180° | 2,779 m | 22.5 mi |
| Mount Burnham | S 178° | 2,740 m | 21.9 mi |
| Mount Hawkins | S 181° | 2,677 m | 23.1 mi |
| Middle Hawkins | S 182° | 2,593 m | 23.6 mi |
| Mount Lewis | S 181° | 2,546 m | 21.0 mi |
| Mount Islip | S 186° | 2,518 m | 23.0 mi |
| Mount Williamson | S 189° | 2,504 m | 21.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:06 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 47 | 53 | 58 | 65 | 75 | 81 | 80 | 73 | 62 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — EL Mirage, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358791489
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