Yellow Butte
Yellow Butte rises to 1,274 m in California. Mount Shasta stands 4,322 m to the south-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Haystack, a peak 1.3 miles away.
The story
Mountain in California, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49091223, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,274 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Haystack: 1.3 mi
- Sheep Rock: 3.1 mi
- Cinder Cone: 5.0 mi
- Herd Peak: 5.8 mi
- The Whaleback: 6.5 mi
- Hoy Park: 5.1 mi
- Deer Mountain Snowmobile Park: 6.8 mi
- Charles Byrd Park: 9.9 mi
- Bel Air Park: 11.2 mi
- Lava Lakes Wildlife Sanctuary: 12.3 mi
- The Flute Player: 1.5 mi
- The Nurses: 1.6 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Why? Group: 1.6 mi
- All Wounded Warriors: 1.6 mi
- Whitney Falls: 6.1 mi
- Coquette Falls: 7.4 mi
- Ash Creek Falls: 11.8 mi
- Mud Creek Falls: 13.0 mi
- Faery Falls: 20.1 mi
- Living Memorial Sculpture Garden: 1.7 mi
- Hot LZ Memorial Wall: 1.7 mi
- Old fire lookout foundation: 13.3 mi
- Everett Memorial: 14.7 mi
- Monroe Memorial: 15.5 mi
- Cougar Park Picnic Area: 10.3 mi
- Martins Dairy Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
- Ney Springs River Access: 19.4 mi
- Cantara Loop River Access: 19.6 mi
- Lower Greenhorn Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
- Weed Museum: 10.5 mi
- Sisson Museum: 16.8 mi
- Railroad Museum: 18.5 mi
- Heritage Junction Museum: 21.3 mi
- Siskiyou County Museum: 22.9 mi
- Panther Springs: 13.5 mi
- Big Springs: 15.5 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 20.9 mi
- Shasta View Spring: 21.3 mi
- White Ridge Spring: 24.4 mi
- Shasta Valley Wildlife Area: 15.7 mi
- Sisson Meadow: 16.1 mi
- China Hill Yreka Phlox Preserve: 22.8 mi
- Butte Valley Wildlife Area: 23.4 mi
- Yreka Phlox Preserve: 24.5 mi
- Grass Lake Rest Area: 8.2 mi
- Weed Airport Rest Area: 11.1 mi
- Sulphur Springs: 10.1 mi
- Red Banks: 10.7 mi
- Lake Siskiyou Beach: 19.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Yellow Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Shasta | SSE 160° | 4,322 m | 10.2 mi |
| Misery Hill | SSE 161° | 4,206 m | 10.4 mi |
| Thumb Rock | SSE 162° | 3,939 m | 10.9 mi |
| Shastina | SSE 168° | 3,758 m | 9.8 mi |
| Shastarama Point | SSE 162° | 3,394 m | 11.8 mi |
| Casaval Ridge | SSE 168° | 3,188 m | 11.2 mi |
| Green Butte | SSE 167° | 2,802 m | 12.6 mi |
| Mount Eddy | SW 216° | 2,751 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:36 | 20:05 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:58 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 38 | 42 | 47 | 54 | 61 | 68 | 67 | 61 | 51 | 41 | 35 |
| Precip in | 7.1 | 7.4 | 6.2 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 4.3 | 7.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Shasta, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 269339 — Yellow Butte, Siskiyou County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358800704
Day trips start here
- Weed · 11 mi
- Mount Shasta · 16 mi
- Siskiyou County · 16 mi
- McCloud · 21 mi
- Dunsmuir · 23 mi
- Yreka · 23 mi
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