Three Buttes
Three Buttes rises to 320 m in California. Sweetwater Point stands 1,406 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Peak, a peak 2.7 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49083329, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 320 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Indian Peak: 2.7 mi
- Santa Cruz Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Quartz Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Shultz Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Haystack Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Hornitos Park: 5.6 mi
- Lake McSwain Recreational Area: 7.8 mi
- Catheys Valley Park: 8.2 mi
- Carol Tomlinson-Keasey Quad: 11.1 mi
- Lake Yosemite County Park: 11.4 mi
- Sheepcamp Spring: 3.4 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 6.1 mi
- Barrel Spring: 9.6 mi
- Apple Tree Spring: 11.1 mi
- Fremont Spring: 13.1 mi
- Ag Museum: 10.8 mi
- Agricultural Museum Of Merced County: 12.8 mi
- Yosemite Wildlife Museum: 14.7 mi
- Mariposa Museum and History Center: 15.2 mi
- Merced County Courthouse Museum: 15.8 mi
- Carol Tomlinson-Keasey Memorial Quad: 11.1 mi
- Fremont’s Fort: 13.0 mi
- September 11, 2001 Memorial: 15.4 mi
- Tuolumne Gold Dredge: 19.9 mi
- Mt Buckingham School (historic): 22.8 mi
- Mount Ophir: 11.3 mi
- Agua Fria: 12.5 mi
- Cat Town: 17.4 mi
- Horseshoe Bend: 17.7 mi
- Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve: 8.5 mi
- Merced County Preserve: 10.8 mi
- Merced Grasslands: 11.4 mi
- Beginnings: 11.1 mi
- Bobcat: 11.2 mi
- Big Rufus: 11.4 mi
- Gardening Club Orchard: 10.6 mi
- Gardening Club: 11.4 mi
- Highway Patrol Weigh Station: 18.4 mi
- Chowchilla Recreation Area: 19.2 mi
- Diana Falls: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Three Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweetwater Point | ENE 61° | 1,406 m | 21.7 mi |
| Buckingham Mountain | ENE 71° | 1,367 m | 21.8 mi |
| Bullion Knob | NE 55° | 1,297 m | 13.6 mi |
| Fremont Peak | NE 42° | 1,277 m | 12.9 mi |
| Bullion Mountain | NE 42° | 1,272 m | 12.9 mi |
| Feliciana Mountain | NE 55° | 1,250 m | 21.0 mi |
| Buckhorn Peak | NNE 20° | 1,147 m | 17.9 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | NE 41° | 1,041 m | 16.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:47 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:25 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:13 | 16:06 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 50 | 54 | 59 | 67 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 73 | 64 | 53 | 46 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Merced, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 236306 — Three Buttes, Mariposa County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358777305
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