Saddleback Butte picnic area
Saddleback Butte picnic area is a picnic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 828 m. Mount Baden-Powell stands 2,860 m to the south, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Butte, a peak 0.8 miles away. California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway passes 27 miles off. 184 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- California Department of Parks and Recreation
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
- 27.3 mi off the California Historic Route 66 Needles to Barstow Scenic Byway, National
184 named places within 25 miles
- Antelope Valley Indian Museum State Historic Park: 3.1 mi
- Stephen Sorensen Park: 5.6 mi
- Branch Memorial Park: 10.9 mi
- Jackie Robinson Park: 11.7 mi
- El Mirage Park: 12.0 mi
- Little Butte: 0.8 mi
- Saddleback Butte: 1.7 mi
- Piute Butte: 2.7 mi
- Rocky Buttes: 4.1 mi
- Alpine Butte: 5.9 mi
- Lovejoy Springs: 5.8 mi
- Moody Springs: 8.3 mi
- Icy Springs: 21.5 mi
- Moss Spring: 21.6 mi
- Reed Spring: 22.3 mi
- D-21: 16.1 mi
- SR-71: 16.1 mi
- A-12: 16.1 mi
- U-2: 16.1 mi
- Shuttle Carrier Aircraft: 16.3 mi
- Antelope Valley State Indian Museum: 3.1 mi
- Century Circle: 15.8 mi
- Blackbird Airpark: 16.1 mi
- Joe Davies Heritage Airpark: 16.2 mi
- Air Force Flight Test Center Museum: 16.4 mi
- Llano del Rio: 12.6 mi
- X1 Loading Pit: 14.8 mi
- Aerospace Walk of Honor: 17.9 mi
- Aerospace Walk of Honor: 18.0 mi
- Vincent's Cabin: 22.6 mi
- Jackson Lake: 21.3 mi
- Mescal Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
- Grassy Hollow Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
- Arch Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- Eagles Roost Day Use Area: 23.4 mi
- Butte Valley Wildflower Sanctuary: 2.2 mi
- Alpine Butte Wildlife Sanctuary: 6.9 mi
- Carl O Gerhardy Wildlife Sanctuary: 8.8 mi
- Theodore Payne Wildlife Sanctuary: 13.6 mi
- Prime Desert Woodland Preserve: 21.2 mi
- Astral Challenger: 16.6 mi
- One Desert Sky: 17.1 mi
- Dorr Canyon Falls: 21.5 mi
- Cooper Canyon Falls: 23.1 mi
- Boron Rest Area: 22.7 mi
- Boron Rest Area: 22.8 mi
- Llano Del Rio: 12.6 mi
- Old Town Community Garden: 16.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Saddleback Butte picnic area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Baden-Powell | S 172° | 2,860 m | 23.1 mi |
| Throop Peak | S 177° | 2,779 m | 23.4 mi |
| Mount Burnham | S 174° | 2,740 m | 22.9 mi |
| Mount Hawkins | S 178° | 2,677 m | 24.1 mi |
| Middle Hawkins | S 179° | 2,593 m | 24.5 mi |
| Mount Lewis | S 177° | 2,546 m | 21.9 mi |
| Mount Islip | S 182° | 2,518 m | 23.8 mi |
| Mount Williamson | S 185° | 2,504 m | 22.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:16 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:06 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 47 | 53 | 58 | 65 | 75 | 81 | 80 | 73 | 62 | 52 | 43 |
| Precip in | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — EL Mirage, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4003116561
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