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Stony Butte

Stony Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Stony Butte rises to 271 m in California. Mount Hood stands 833 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Lafferty Ranch, a park 2.0 miles away.

The story

Mountain in California, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49078491, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
271 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.31991, -122.61860

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks: 59
Parks
  • Lafferty Ranch: 2.0 mi
  • Crane Creek Regional Park: 2.3 mi
  • Willowglen Park: 3.1 mi
  • Penngrove Community Park: 3.1 mi
  • Sonoma Faculty green: 3.3 mi
Attractions
  • Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds: 5.4 mi
  • Santa Rosa Pumpkin Patch: 7.3 mi
  • The Patch: 9.1 mi
  • Duckworth Family Farm: 10.7 mi
  • Gundlach-Bundschu Winery: 11.2 mi
Historic sites: 48
Nature reserves: 47
Gardens: 41
  • Sonoma State University Butterfly Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Rohnert Park Community Organic Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Food Forest: 4.2 mi
  • McNear Community Gardens: 6.6 mi
  • Luther Burbank Art & Garden Center: 8.5 mi
Beaches: 35
Picnic sites: 29
Waterfalls: 9
  • Sonoma Creek Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Haraszthy Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Buck Gulch Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Linda Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Stairstep Falls: 20.5 mi
Springs: 4
  • Hunter Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Crystal Springs: 21.8 mi
  • Rattlesnake Spring: 24.4 mi
  • Worn Springs: 24.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Hole in the Rock: 22.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Stony Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount HoodNNE833 m10.3 mi
Mount VeederENE817 m10.1 mi
Red MountainNNE777 m10.9 mi
Diamond MountainN716 m15.3 mi
Mount Saint JohnNE713 m11.8 mi
Sonoma MountainE697 m2.4 mi
Bismark KnobENE694 m10.0 mi
Bald MountainNE689 m10.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4819:23
June solstice05:4819:5920:38
September equinox06:5918:3419:09
December solstice07:2516:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485153566064676767625448
Precip in4.85.23.31.70.90.30.00.00.11.32.75.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Petaluma AP, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358807449

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