Sierra Buttes
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.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q49073647, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2617 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- Loganville Scenic Highway Center Picnic Site: 2.0 mi
- Sand Pond Picnic Site: 2.1 mi
- Pass Creek Day Use Site: 8.4 mi
- Pass Creek Day Use Site: 8.5 mi
- Woodcamp Day Use Site: 8.9 mi
- 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
- 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
- Kentucky Mine Historic Park and Museum: 2.0 mi
- Downieville Museum: 9.9 mi
- Plumas-Eureka State Park Museum: 11.6 mi
- Western Pacific Railroad Museum: 17.1 mi
- Frank C. Reilly Museum: 19.0 mi
- 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
- 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
- Alpha - Omega Rest Area: 20.1 mi
- L.T.Davis Rest Area: 20.2 mi
- Donner Summit Rest Area: 23.9 mi
- Massack Rest Area: 24.9 mi
- Jamison: 12.8 mi
- Forest: 13.0 mi
- North Bloomfield: 20.6 mi
- Webber Lake: 14.3 mi
- Missouri Bar: 21.3 mi
- Illinois Bar: 24.7 mi
- Campbell Hot Springs: 15.9 mi
- Marble Hot Springs: 19.0 mi
- Marble Hot Springs: 19.0 mi
- Coppins Meadow: 13.9 mi
- "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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| English Mountain | SSE 153° | 2,552 m | 11.4 mi |
| Haskell Peak | NE 47° | 2,453 m | 6.9 mi |
| Black Buttes | SSE 161° | 2,447 m | 14.5 mi |
| Black Buttes | SSE 158° | 2,407 m | 14.3 mi |
| Mount Elwell | NNW 344° | 2,361 m | 8.2 mi |
| Grouse Ridge | S 173° | 2,351 m | 14.4 mi |
| Mount Fillmore | NW 311° | 2,344 m | 14.4 mi |
| Fall Creek Mountain | S 176° | 2,283 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 19:54 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:00 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 39 | 42 | 45 | 50 | 57 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 65 | 55 | 44 | 38 |
| Precip in | 11.3 | 10.7 | 10.0 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 6.8 | 11.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Downieville, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1659661 — Sierra Buttes, Sierra County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358807271
Day trips start here
- Sierra County · 8 mi
- Loyalton · 22 mi
- Truckee · 30 mi
Take the scenic way to Sierra Buttes.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.