West Buttes
West Buttes rises to 2,252 m in Nevada. Lake Peak stands 3,329 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Delcer Buttes, a peak 3.9 miles away. Lamoille Canyon Road passes 25 miles off. 32 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Nevada, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49088282, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,252 m
How to reach it
- 25.4 mi off the Lamoille Canyon Road
32 named places within 25 miles
- Mustang Spring: 8.3 mi
- Owens Springs: 19.4 mi
- Dry Canyon Spring: 19.8 mi
- Cherry Spring: 20.4 mi
- Gardner Spring: 20.6 mi
- Delcer Buttes: 3.9 mi
- Rocky Point: 6.7 mi
- High Bald Peaks: 10.3 mi
- Mount Taylor: 11.1 mi
- Valley Mountain: 13.2 mi
- Sprucemont: 15.1 mi
- Currie: 15.7 mi
- Franklin Lake Wildlife Management Area: 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of West Buttes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Peak | NW 305° | 3,329 m | 24.4 mi |
| Tipton Peak | W 280° | 3,315 m | 24.8 mi |
| Wines Peak | WNW 303° | 3,311 m | 24.3 mi |
| Spruce Mountain | NE 37° | 3,119 m | 16.7 mi |
| High Peak | SSE 154° | 2,856 m | 13.8 mi |
| Mount Taylor | SSE 155° | 2,809 m | 11.1 mi |
| High Bald Peaks | SW 219° | 2,760 m | 10.3 mi |
| Currie Summit | SSE 162° | 2,574 m | 23.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:44 | 18:16 | 18:52 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:33 | 20:14 |
| September equinox | 06:28 | 18:03 | 18:39 |
| December solstice | 07:00 | 15:34 | 16:18 |
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 | 26 | 30 | 37 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 69 | 59 | 47 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ruby Lake NWR, 28 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 854668 — West Buttes, Elko County, Nevada.
OpenStreetMap element node/357554970
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