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Tumble Buttes

Tumble Buttes, seen from above at true elevation

Tumble Buttes rises to 2,024 m in California. Lassen Peak stands 3,187 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Logan Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away.

The story

The Tumble Buttes are a group of cinder cone volcanoes in the US state of California.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q12687223, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2024 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.67183, -121.54998

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Logan Mountain: 1.2 mi
  • Hall Butte: 1.7 mi
  • Little Logan Butte: 2.3 mi
  • Fredonyer Peak: 2.8 mi
  • Bear Wallow Butte: 2.8 mi
Springs: 17
Waterfalls: 13
  • Kings Creek Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Mill Creek Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Bluff Falls: 17.9 mi
  • Pit River Falls: 22.1 mi
  • Lion Wash Falls: 22.3 mi
Cliffs: 12
Attractions: 8
Hot springs: 5
Parks: 5
Picnic sites: 3
Rest areas: 3
Historic sites: 3
  • Mount Harkness Lookout: 21.1 mi
  • Lockhart Ferry: 23.5 mi
  • Fort Maxwell: 23.6 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Totem Pole: 21.6 mi
Museums: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Tumble Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lassen PeakS 169°3,187 m12.9 mi
Loomis PeakS 178°2,626 m12.7 mi
Chaos CragsS 172°2,567 m10.3 mi
Magee PeakWNW 288°2,563 m3.9 mi
Crater PeakWNW 296°2,552 m4.2 mi
Prospect PeakESE 122°2,538 m12.7 mi
West Prospect PeakESE 121°2,463 m10.4 mi
Crescent CraterSSE 166°2,452 m11.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:19
June solstice05:3620:0020:41
September equinox06:5418:2919:05
December solstice07:2715:5916:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323235394855636257463731
Precip in6.55.56.44.32.91.30.30.30.72.74.76.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manzanita Lake, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1660041 — Tumble Buttes, Shasta County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358807614

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