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Soda Butte

Soda Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Soda Butte rises to 2,701 m in California. Mount Kaweah stands 4,205 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Quinn Peak, a peak 1.3 miles away.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49075408, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2701 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.32215, -118.57185

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Attractions: 28
Springs: 27
Waterfalls: 19
Historic sites: 9
Parks: 6
Picnic sites: 5
  • Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
  • Sunset Point Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
  • Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 17.7 mi
  • Pinewood Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
  • Halstead Meadow Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 3
Natural arches: 2
  • Natural Arch: 11.2 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 11.3 mi
Museums: 2
Hot springs: 1
Nature reserves: 1
  • McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 14.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Soda Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount KaweahNNE 20°4,205 m15.0 mi
Red KaweahNNE 14°4,185 m15.5 mi
Michael's PinnacleNNE 14°4,170.4 m15.4 mi
Second KaweahNNE 17°4,165.5 m15.2 mi
SquaretopNNE 15°4,121.8 m15.3 mi
Bilko PinnacleNNE 16°4,087.2 m15.2 mi
Needham MountainNNE 12°3,816 m9.3 mi
Florence PeakNNE 11°3,788.7 m5.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3219:06
June solstice05:3819:3820:16
September equinox06:4318:1918:53
December solstice07:0316:0416:44

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485054576676838277665547
Precip in4.94.34.02.51.20.40.10.00.21.22.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ASH MTN, 18 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358808751

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