Twin Buttes
Twin Buttes rises to 2,021 m in Nevada. Matterhorn stands 3,250 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Bluff, a cliff 2.2 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Elko County, Nevada, United States of America; geonames ID = 5709610.
Wikidata Q49085905, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,021 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Granite Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Hot Springs Butte: 4.6 mi
- Pine Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Coon Creek Summit: 5.4 mi
- Copper Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Bieroth Spring: 8.5 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 8.9 mi
- Robinson Spring: 9.5 mi
- Archies Spring: 9.8 mi
- Jenkins Spring: 11.6 mi
- Red Bluff: 2.2 mi
- Danger Point: 5.6 mi
- The Palisade: 8.1 mi
- Blizzard Bluff: 21.5 mi
- Castle Rock: 22.6 mi
- Rowland: 8.6 mi
- Gold Creek: 11.1 mi
- Charleston: 12.0 mi
- Patsville: 19.7 mi
- Rio Tinto: 20.9 mi
- Urdahl Concentrated Use Area: 8.4 mi
- Wild Horse State Recreation Area: 16.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Twin Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matterhorn | E 100° | 3,250 m | 10.6 mi |
| Bald Peak | E 87° | 3,208 m | 9.6 mi |
| Jarbidge Peak | E 89° | 3,207 m | 9.5 mi |
| Jumbo Peak | E 93° | 3,189 m | 9.8 mi |
| Square Top | E 97° | 3,189 m | 10.1 mi |
| Marys River Peak | ESE 116° | 3,189 m | 12.4 mi |
| Cougar Peak | ESE 106° | 3,154 m | 11.3 mi |
| Prospect Peak | ESE 104° | 3,137 m | 12.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:46 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:39 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:30 | 18:05 | 18:41 |
| December solstice | 07:07 | 15:30 | 16:15 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 28 | 37 | 41 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 66 | 57 | 46 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jarbidge, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 861807 — Twin Buttes, Elko County, Nevada.
OpenStreetMap element node/357559285
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