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Twin Buttes

Twin Buttes, seen from above at true elevation

Twin Buttes rises to 192 m in California. Ash Peaks stands 1,709 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Bacon Hill, a peak 2.0 miles away.

The story

Mountain in Tulare County, California, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49085847, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
192 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.42523, -119.19622

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Springs: 25
Museums: 8
  • ImagineU Children's Museum: 8.2 mi
  • Tulare County Museum: 11.9 mi
  • Alta District Historical Society: 13.2 mi
  • Three Rivers Historical Museum: 16.5 mi
  • Tulare Historical Museum: 17.4 mi
Attractions: 6
Artworks: 4
  • End of Trail Statue: 12.0 mi
  • Dinuba Christian Church Statue: 14.0 mi
  • World's Largest Olive: 16.0 mi
  • Bookie Bear: 21.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Marble Falls: 24.1 mi
  • Ella Falls: 24.4 mi
  • Viola Falls: 24.4 mi
Gardens: 2
Nature reserves: 2
  • Dry Creek Preserve: 9.4 mi
  • Homer Ranch Preserve: 10.0 mi
Beaches: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • C. H. Warlow Rest Area: 18.7 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Old Ranger Station: 23.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Hospital Rock Picnic Site: 24.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Twin Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ash PeaksENE1,709 m20.9 mi
Eshom PointNE1,551 m20.2 mi
Yucca MountainENE1,497 m20.7 mi
Frys PointENE1,382 m20.4 mi
Horn MountainE1,350 m19.7 mi
Pattee RocksNE1,290 m16.7 mi
Bear MountainNE1,220 m14.5 mi
Shadequarter MountainNE1,214 m15.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3519:09
June solstice05:4019:4020:19
September equinox06:4518:2118:55
December solstice07:0616:0616:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475156616875807974655447
Precip in2.01.61.81.00.40.10.00.00.10.61.01.8

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 250742 — Twin Buttes, Tulare County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358793700

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