Volcanic Butte
Volcanic Butte rises to 2,625 m in California. Matterhorn Peak stands 3,749 m to the south, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Bush Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road passes 28 miles off.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49087136, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,625.3 m
How to reach it
- 28.1 mi off the Tioga Road/Big Oak Flat Road, National
- 28.4 mi off the Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tioga Lake Overlook Info Site · 28 mi
- Lembert Dome · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bush Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Rickey Peak: 3.0 mi
- Mount Emma: 5.4 mi
- Mount Jackson: 6.5 mi
- Walker Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Buck Springs: 2.1 mi
- Doe Springs: 2.2 mi
- Lava Springs: 6.8 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 10.6 mi
- Clinton Spring: 12.0 mi
- Hunewill Upper Sawmill: 5.5 mi
- Clinton: 12.1 mi
- Nugent Cabin: 12.6 mi
- Little Bodie Monument: 15.2 mi
- Red Cloud Mining Equipment: 21.0 mi
- Bridgeport: 8.1 mi
- Bridgeport Training Range: 10.2 mi
- Mountain Gate Park: 14.5 mi
- Walker Community Park: 15.2 mi
- Bodie State Historic Park: 21.2 mi
- Silver Falls: 9.3 mi
- Leavitt Falls: 9.8 mi
- Horsetail Falls: 11.6 mi
- Cascade Falls: 11.9 mi
- Sardine Falls: 12.9 mi
- Dog Town: 13.8 mi
- Masonic: 15.2 mi
- Sweetwater: 15.6 mi
- Dunderberg Mill: 15.8 mi
- Bodie: 21.2 mi
- Locomotive Point: 12.6 mi
- East Flange Rock: 21.5 mi
- Bodie Bluff: 21.6 mi
- Dore Cliff: 22.5 mi
- Mono County Museum: 9.0 mi
- Old Mono County Jail: 9.1 mi
- Bodie Museum and Visitor Center: 21.2 mi
- Shingle Mill Flat Picnic Site: 10.6 mi
- The Elbow: 20.4 mi
- Cottonwood Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
- Travertine Hot Spring: 10.6 mi
- Columns of the Giants: 22.9 mi
- Aspen Glen Reserve: 17.5 mi
- Carson-Iceberg Wilderness: 24.0 mi
- Benson Lake Beach: 21.3 mi
- Danburg Beach: 24.2 mi
- Fales Hot Spring: 3.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Volcanic Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matterhorn Peak | S 180° | 3,749 m | 14.8 mi |
| The Dragtooth | S 180° | 3,695 m | 14.4 mi |
| Cleaver Peak | S 183° | 3,617 m | 14.0 mi |
| Blacksmith Peak | S 183° | 3,616 m | 13.8 mi |
| The Doodad | S 181° | 3,606 m | 14.4 mi |
| Eagle Peak | S 189° | 3,603 m | 8.9 mi |
| The Three Teeth | S 182° | 3,595 m | 14.2 mi |
| Tower Peak | SW 219° | 3,582 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:46 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:21 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 16:00 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 36 | 42 | 49 | 58 | 64 | 62 | 56 | 45 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridgeport, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 237124 — Volcanic Butte, Mono County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358778204
Day trips start here
- Mono Lake · 29 mi
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