Skunk Butte
Skunk Butte rises to 1,372 m in Oregon. Swan Lake Point stands 2,216 m to the southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Buttes of the Gods, a peak 0.4 miles away. Volcanic Legacy passes 24 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Oregon, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49074360, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,372 m
How to reach it
- 24.2 mi off the Volcanic Legacy, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Buttes of the Gods: 0.4 mi
- Coyote Butte: 0.9 mi
- Wolf Butte: 1.2 mi
- Rat Butte: 1.2 mi
- Mousehawk Butte: 1.5 mi
- Nimrod River County Park: 6.0 mi
- Bray Mill Campground: 14.2 mi
- Klamath Falls-Lakeview Forest State Park: 15.9 mi
- Hagelstein County Park: 16.5 mi
- Williamson River Access Park: 17.9 mi
- BURRO CRANE Model 30: 17.2 mi
- SLEEPER CAR NCL#2089 -- Lettered CN: 17.3 mi
- CREW CAR UP #906l0l: 17.3 mi
- Weyco #101 Locomotive: 17.3 mi
- LOGGING FLAT CAR WX: 17.4 mi
- Train Mountain Railroad Museum - Central Station: 17.2 mi
- Collier State Park Logging Museum: 18.7 mi
- Klamath County Museum: 23.4 mi
- Children’s Museum of Klamath Falls: 23.5 mi
- Baldwin Hotel Museum: 24.2 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 18.6 mi
- Oregon Tech Sign: 21.5 mi
- Lakeside Manner: 22.0 mi
- OIT Solar Lighting Project: 22.1 mi
- The M: 22.1 mi
- Ya Whee Plateau Rim: 9.2 mi
- Swan Lake Rim: 10.9 mi
- Modoc Rim: 15.9 mi
- Algoma Incline: 16.5 mi
- Horton Rim: 22.7 mi
- Arboretum: 21.9 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 22.1 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 23.0 mi
- Osprey: 18.5 mi
- Castle Quad: 22.0 mi
- Root Beer Falls: 18.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Skunk Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swan Lake Point | SW 217° | 2,216 m | 10.0 mi |
| Yainax Butte | SE 133° | 2,201 m | 19.8 mi |
| Swan Lake Mountain | SW 226° | 2,142 m | 10.1 mi |
| Saddle Mountain | W 261° | 2,090 m | 5.9 mi |
| Fuego Mountain | NE 36° | 2,080 m | 9.8 mi |
| Edgewood Mountain | SW 228° | 2,038 m | 11.2 mi |
| Calimus Butte | N 357° | 2,012 m | 7.5 mi |
| Modoc Benchmark | WSW 250° | 2,000 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:05 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:51 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 33 | 38 | 43 | 50 | 56 | 64 | 62 | 56 | 46 | 36 | 29 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chiloquin 12 NW (fort Klamath), 26 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357315633
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