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Shute Mountain

Shute Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Shute Mountain rises to 1,255 m in California. Bucks Mountain stands 2,068 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Pompys Point, a peak 2.1 miles away.

The story

Mountain in California, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49073594, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1,255 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.70322, -121.29385

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls: 18
Cliffs: 8
Museums: 8
  • Frank C. Reilly Museum: 16.5 mi
  • Depot Museum: 17.9 mi
  • bath house museum: 18.6 mi
  • Pioneer History Museum: 18.9 mi
  • Butte County Historical Society Museum: 19.0 mi
Picnic sites: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Nature reserves: 3
Springs: 3
  • Hespol Memorial Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Hog Spring: 23.8 mi
  • Frog Spring: 24.7 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Beatson Corral: 16.7 mi
  • World Trade Center artifact: 19.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Shute Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bucks MountainNNE2,068 m15.6 mi
Red MountainNNE1,935 m10.7 mi
Table MountainENE1,864 m12.5 mi
Dogwood PeakENE1,856 m13.8 mi
Frenchman HillNNE1,805 m10.8 mi
Mount AraratNE1,781 m11.8 mi
Grizzly SummitN1,778 m10.7 mi
Lexington HillE1,757 m15.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4219:17
June solstice05:3819:5720:37
September equinox06:5418:2819:04
December solstice07:2316:0216:45

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414143475562696864554640
Precip in14.713.712.86.44.01.20.00.20.54.18.616.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Strawberry Valley 2, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 266150 — Shute Mountain, Butte County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358799641

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