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Six Shooter Butte

Six Shooter Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Six Shooter Butte rises to 1,917 m in California. Lyons Peak stands 2,398 m to the northeast, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Saddle Hills, a peak 1.2 miles away.

The story

mountain in Siskiyou County, California, United States

Wikidata Q49074189, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1917 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.51016, -121.61916

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Natural arches: 14
  • Heppe Bridge: 13.6 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 14.3 mi
  • Ovis Bridge: 14.3 mi
  • Brushy Bridge: 14.7 mi
  • Venetian Bridge: 14.7 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Freudian System Cave: 3.4 mi
  • Hidden Valley: 13.2 mi
  • Garden Bridges: 14.8 mi
  • Fleener Chimneys: 17.3 mi
  • Black Crater: 18.0 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Gillem Bluff: 19.4 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 20.0 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 20.7 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 21.2 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 22.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Doorknob Snowmobile park: 11.5 mi
Parks: 1
  • Long Bell State Game Refuge 1N: 13.6 mi
Nature reserves: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Six Shooter Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakNE 51°2,398 m7.5 mi
Mount HoffmanNNE 26°2,397 m7.7 mi
Red Shale ButteNE 46°2,381 m6.9 mi
Glass MountainNE 43°2,316 m8.7 mi
Medicine MountainN 6°2,295 m3.7 mi
Badger PeakN 355°2,236 m6.1 mi
Little Mount HoffmanNNW 336°2,197 m5.2 mi
Garner MountainWNW 300°2,195 m11.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4219:19
June solstice05:3420:0320:45
September equinox06:5518:2919:05
December solstice07:3015:5616:40

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333540445260696862513932
Precip in1.62.11.91.31.41.00.40.30.40.81.51.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lava Beds NAT MON, 15 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358799672

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