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Snell Butte

Snell Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Snell Butte rises to 1,477 m in California. Lyons Peak stands 2,398 m to the north, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Mountain, a peak 2.2 miles away.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49075041, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1477 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.43877, -121.50305

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Natural arches: 13
  • Heppe Bridge: 18.1 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 18.2 mi
  • Ovis Bridge: 18.3 mi
  • Brushy Bridge: 18.6 mi
  • Venetian Bridge: 18.7 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Freudian System Cave: 8.5 mi
  • Hidden Valley: 17.6 mi
  • Garden Bridges: 18.7 mi
  • Fleener Chimneys: 22.3 mi
  • Black Crater: 22.7 mi
Cliffs: 3
  • Noble Bluff: 21.9 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 24.3 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 24.9 mi
Parks: 1
  • Long Bell State Game Refuge 1N: 7.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Doorknob Snowmobile park: 16.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Deer Spring: 22.2 mi
Nature reserves: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Snell Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakN 359°2,398 m9.7 mi
Mount HoffmanNNW 347°2,397 m12.2 mi
Red Shale ButteN 354°2,381 m9.8 mi
Glass MountainN 360°2,316 m11.2 mi
Medicine MountainNNW 327°2,295 m10.3 mi
Badger PeakNNW 329°2,236 m12.8 mi
Little Mount HoffmanNW 320°2,197 m12.6 mi
Red Cap MountainWNW 300°2,147 m14.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:18
June solstice05:3320:0220:44
September equinox06:5418:2819:05
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, 19 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 267298 — Snell Butte, Siskiyou County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358799978

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