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Yellow Butte

Yellow Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Yellow Butte rises to 1,453 m in California. Lyons Peak stands 2,398 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Bonita Butte, a peak 2.0 miles away. Volcanic Legacy passes 21 miles off.

The story

mountain in Siskiyou County, California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49091224, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1453 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.75849, -121.63750

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Natural arches: 14
  • Dragons Mouth: 3.6 mi
  • Balcony Bridge: 4.8 mi
  • Boulevard Bridge: 4.9 mi
  • Bearpaw Bridge: 5.0 mi
  • Heppe Bridge: 6.4 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Fleener Chimneys: 3.6 mi
  • Black Crater: 4.4 mi
  • Thomas-Wright Battlefield: 5.2 mi
  • Gillems Camp: 6.2 mi
  • Canby Cross: 6.4 mi
Historic sites: 9
Cliffs: 7
  • Gillem Bluff: 4.2 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 4.6 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 5.0 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 5.5 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 6.2 mi
Parks: 4
  • Tulelake-Butte Valley Fairgrounds: 15.5 mi
  • Otis Roper Park: 15.9 mi
  • Good Duck Park: 18.4 mi
  • Malin Community Park: 21.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Doorknob Snowmobile park: 7.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Yellow Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakSSE 151°2,398 m14.1 mi
Mount HoffmanSSE 157°2,397 m11.1 mi
Red Shale ButteSSE 155°2,381 m13.7 mi
Glass MountainSSE 148°2,316 m12.8 mi
Medicine MountainS 174°2,295 m13.5 mi
Badger PeakS 178°2,236 m11.1 mi
Little Mount HoffmanS 185°2,197 m12.5 mi
Grouse HillS 178°2,142 m10.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4219:19
June solstice05:3320:0320:46
September equinox06:5518:2919:05
December solstice07:3115:5516:40

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333540445260696862513932
Precip in1.62.11.91.31.41.00.40.30.40.81.51.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lava Beds NAT MON, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358807736

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