Watchdog Butte
Watchdog Butte rises to 1,402 m in Oregon. Swan Lake Point stands 2,216 m to the southwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Eagle Butte, a peak 0.8 miles away. Volcanic Legacy passes 23 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Oregon, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49087759, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,402 m
How to reach it
- 23.2 mi off the Volcanic Legacy, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Eagle Butte: 0.8 mi
- Magpie Butte: 1.2 mi
- Mousehawk Butte: 1.5 mi
- Rat Butte: 1.8 mi
- Coyote Butte: 2.1 mi
- Nimrod River County Park: 3.5 mi
- Klamath Falls-Lakeview Forest State Park: 13.0 mi
- Hagelstein County Park: 16.0 mi
- Bray Mill Campground: 16.5 mi
- Williamson River Access Park: 20.4 mi
- BURRO CRANE Model 30: 18.9 mi
- SLEEPER CAR NCL#2089 -- Lettered CN: 18.9 mi
- CREW CAR UP #906l0l: 19.0 mi
- Weyco #101 Locomotive: 19.0 mi
- LOGGING FLAT CAR WX: 19.1 mi
- Swan Lake Rim: 9.1 mi
- Ya Whee Plateau Rim: 9.4 mi
- Algoma Incline: 15.8 mi
- Modoc Rim: 15.9 mi
- Horton Rim: 19.9 mi
- Train Mountain Railroad Museum - Central Station: 18.9 mi
- Collier State Park Logging Museum: 21.1 mi
- Klamath County Museum: 21.6 mi
- Children’s Museum of Klamath Falls: 21.7 mi
- Baldwin Hotel Museum: 22.5 mi
- The M: 20.0 mi
- Oregon Tech Sign: 20.0 mi
- Lakeside Manner: 20.5 mi
- OIT Solar Lighting Project: 20.5 mi
- The H: 20.8 mi
- Arboretum: 20.3 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 20.5 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 21.3 mi
- Castle Quad: 20.4 mi
- Osprey: 20.9 mi
- Root Beer Falls: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Watchdog Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swan Lake Point | SW 234° | 2,216 m | 8.8 mi |
| Yainax Butte | SE 129° | 2,201 m | 17.2 mi |
| Swan Lake Mountain | WSW 243° | 2,142 m | 9.4 mi |
| Saddle Mountain | WNW 285° | 2,090 m | 7.2 mi |
| Fuego Mountain | NNE 23° | 2,080 m | 11.7 mi |
| Edgewood Mountain | WSW 244° | 2,038 m | 10.5 mi |
| Calimus Butte | N 351° | 2,012 m | 10.3 mi |
| Modoc Benchmark | W 261° | 2,000 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:41 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:05 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:51 | 16:37 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 39 | 44 | 52 | 59 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 47 | 37 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Klamath Falls Intl AP, 25 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1151932 — Watchdog Butte, Klamath County, Oregon.
OpenStreetMap element node/357317622
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