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Yellowjacket Butte

Yellowjacket Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Yellowjacket Butte rises to 1,845 m in California. Lyons Peak stands 2,398 m to the north-northeast, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is High Hole Crater, a peak 1.1 miles away.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49091310, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1845 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.51266, -121.55222

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Natural arches: 14
  • Heppe Bridge: 12.9 mi
  • Natural Bridge: 13.2 mi
  • Ovis Bridge: 13.3 mi
  • Brushy Bridge: 13.7 mi
  • Venetian Bridge: 13.7 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Freudian System Cave: 6.3 mi
  • Hidden Valley: 12.4 mi
  • Garden Bridges: 13.7 mi
  • Fleener Chimneys: 17.0 mi
  • Black Crater: 17.4 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Gillem Bluff: 19.0 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 19.6 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 20.3 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 20.9 mi
  • Gillem Bluff: 21.8 mi
Parks: 1
  • Long Bell State Game Refuge 1N: 10.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Doorknob Snowmobile park: 11.0 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Springs: 1
  • Deer Spring: 23.5 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Yellowjacket Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyons PeakNNE 27°2,398 m5.1 mi
Mount HoffmanN 359°2,397 m6.8 mi
Red Shale ButteNNE 18°2,381 m4.9 mi
Glass MountainNNE 22°2,316 m6.6 mi
Medicine MountainNW 319°2,295 m4.7 mi
Badger PeakNW 326°2,236 m7.1 mi
Little Mount HoffmanNW 309°2,197 m7.2 mi
Red Cap MountainWNW 283°2,147 m10.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4219:19
June solstice05:3320:0220:44
September equinox06:5418:2919:05
December solstice07:3015:5616:40

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °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, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1660211 — Yellowjacket Butte, Siskiyou County, California.

OpenStreetMap element node/358807740

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