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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

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
Artworks
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
Nature reserves: 53
Historic sites: 53
Gardens: 44
  • 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: 37
Picnic sites: 30
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
Cliffs: 5
Springs: 4
  • Hunter Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Crystal Springs: 21.8 mi
  • Rattlesnake Spring: 24.4 mi
  • Worn Springs: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Hole in the Rock: 22.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Stony Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount HoodNNE 20°833 m10.3 mi
Bald MountainNNE 32°832 m11.2 mi
Mount VeederENE 66°817 m10.1 mi
Red MountainNNE 33°777 m10.9 mi
Diamond MountainN 7°716 m15.3 mi
Mount Saint JohnNE 46°713 m11.8 mi
Sonoma MountainE 85°697 m2.4 mi
Bismark KnobENE 75°694 m10.0 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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