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Sierra Buttes

Sierra Buttes, seen from above at true elevation

Sierra Buttes rises to 2,617 m in California. English Mountain stands 2,552 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Sierra Buttes Fire Lookout, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.

The story

Sierra Buttes is an 8,591-foot-elevation (2,619-meter) mountain summit located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Sierra County, California, United States. It is the third-highest point in Sierra County following the north ridge of Mount Lola and Peak 8740. Sierra Buttes are set on land managed by Tahoe National Forest and are within the North Yuba River watershed. The summit is situated two miles (3.2 km) north of Sierra City, and approximately 70 miles (110 km) northeast of Sacramento. Topographic relief is significant as the southwest aspect rises nearly 4,700 feet (1,400 meters) above the Yuba–Donner Scenic Byway in approximately two miles. The prominent fortress-like landform is visible from as far as the Sacramento Valley, and inclusion on the Sierra Peaks Section peakbagging list generates climbing interest. This landform's toponym has been officially adopted by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, and has been in use since at least 1896 when published by the Sierra Club.

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Wikidata Q49073647, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2617 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.59351, -120.64710

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Keystone Mountain: 3.9 mi
  • Deadman Peak: 5.2 mi
  • Schroeder Mountain: 6.7 mi
  • Quartz Point: 6.7 mi
  • Granite Mountain: 6.8 mi
Parks: 16
  • Kentucky Mine Historic Park: 1.9 mi
  • Sierra City Community Center: 2.0 mi
  • Sierra City Community Park: 2.1 mi
  • Lake Basin Recreation Area: 7.4 mi
  • Middle Fork Feather Wild and Scenic River: 11.0 mi
Picnic sites: 15
Cliffs: 15
  • Booth Point: 10.0 mi
  • Rediscovery Dome Left: 10.2 mi
  • Rediscovery Dome Right: 10.2 mi
  • Boy Scout Wall: 10.2 mi
  • Bell Point: 10.8 mi
Historic sites: 10
  • Sierra Buttes Fire Lookout: 0.0 mi
  • Sierra County Chinese Laborer Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Downie Chapter 1249: 9.9 mi
  • Mammoth Mill: 11.8 mi
  • Jolly Boys Mine: 16.9 mi
Springs: 7
  • Switchback spring: 1.7 mi
  • Upper Derbec Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Derbec Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Willow Spring: 19.0 mi
  • Holden Spring: 21.1 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Loves Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Hackmans Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Frazier Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Fern Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Weber Falls: 15.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Attractions: 3
  • Webber Lake: 14.3 mi
  • Missouri Bar: 21.3 mi
  • Illinois Bar: 24.7 mi
Hot springs: 3
  • Campbell Hot Springs: 15.9 mi
  • Marble Hot Springs: 19.0 mi
  • Marble Hot Springs: 19.0 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Artworks: 1
  • "Snowshoe" Thompson: 23.8 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Sierra Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
English MountainSSE 153°2,552 m11.4 mi
Haskell PeakNE 47°2,453 m6.9 mi
Black ButtesSSE 161°2,447 m14.5 mi
Black ButtesSSE 158°2,407 m14.3 mi
Mount ElwellNNW 344°2,361 m8.2 mi
Grouse RidgeS 173°2,351 m14.4 mi
Mount FillmoreNW 311°2,344 m14.4 mi
Fall Creek MountainS 176°2,283 m13.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3919:15
June solstice05:3619:5420:34
September equinox06:5118:2619:01
December solstice07:2116:0016:42

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394245505764706965554438
Precip in11.310.710.05.33.61.10.10.20.73.36.811.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Downieville, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1659661 — Sierra Buttes, Sierra County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358807271

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