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Sierra Buttes, California
Prominence: 1870 ft, 570 m
Elevation: 8590 feet, 2618 meters
True Isolation: 17.8 mi, 28.65 km
Elevation Info:
NAVD88 Elevation
: 8594 ft / 2619 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)
39° 35' 37'' N, 120° 38' 49'' W
39.593606, -120.646997 (Dec Deg)
702048 E 4385298 N, Zone 10 (UTM)
Country
United States
State/Province
California
County/Second Level Region
Sierra
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Sierra Buttes at SummitPost.org
Sierra Buttes; North at ListsOfJohn.com
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Lists that contain Sierra Buttes:
Sierra Sampler List
(Rank #94)
USA Lower 48 Range5 High Points
(Rank #282)
Comprehensive Combo Angeles Chapter List
(Rank #307)
Tahoe-Ogul Peaks List
(Rank #52)
Western States Climbers List
(Rank #257)
Sierra Club Sierra Peaks Section
(Rank #238)
Western States Climbers Emblem Peaks
(Rank #115)
California Peaks with 1000 feet of Prominence
(Rank #206)
California Fire Lookouts
(Rank #24)
Ascent Info
Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users:
349
Show all viewable ascents/attempts
(Total: 325)
Selected Trip Reports:
1994-07-01 by Richard Carey
1995-08-26 by Greg Gerlach
1996-09-02 by JohnE Sarna
2011-10-02 by David Hubbard
2012-05-20 by Bo Meng (GPS Track)
2012-09-01 by Ron Wong
2012-09-22 by Patrick Wright
2014-09-03 by Sandy Lara
2015-07-03 by Marcus Sierra
2015-07-18 by Robert Stolting (GPS Track)
2015-08-29 by David Sklansky (GPS Track)
2016-10-09 by Alex Ramos (GPS Track)
2017-09-23 by Swingshift Hiker
2018-06-02 by Martin Pyne (GPS Track)
2018-07-05 by Mike Maki
2018-07-21 by Chris Halsch
2018-09-01 by Tay Lee (GPS Track)
2019-08-31 by Andrew Kirmse
2019-10-18 by Marc Belanger (GPS Track)
2019-11-23 by Scott Burley (GPS Track)
2020-02-08 by Rafee Memon (GPS Track)
2020-02-08 by Powen Ru (GPS Track)
2020-05-09 by Aaron Gustafson (GPS Track)
2020-07-30 by Brett Marciasini (GPS Track)
2020-07-30 by Arthur Marciasini (GPS Track)
2020-10-04 by Briana Jaskot
2020-10-04 by Michael Jaskot
2020-10-08 by Chromio Muldoon (GPS Track)
2020-10-24 by Colin Gregory
2021-03-27 by Kenny Lotito
2021-06-09 by Jim Doyle
2021-06-15 by Sara Weimar
2022-06-12 by Robert Luher (GPS Track)
2022-06-19 by Austin Mueller (GPS Track)
2022-08-06 by Larry Pitman
2022-09-04 by Eric Kassan (GPS Track)
2022-10-23 by Dylan Kilby (GPS Track)
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Ladder heading to the lookout on Sierra Buttes (2013-06-22). Photo by
Shawn Burrell
.
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Prominence
Key Col Page
(Detailed prominence information)
Clean Prominence
: 1870 ft/570 m
Optimistic Prominence
: 1910 ft/582 m
Key Col
: 6720 ft/2048 m
Isolation
Isolation Page
(Detailed isolation information)
Distance: 17.8 mi/28.65 km
Isolation Limit Point
: 39.42587, -120.393791
Nearest Higher Neighbor
in the
PBC database
:
Peak 8720
(SE)
Ranges
Continent:
North America
Range2:
Pacific Ranges
Range3:
Sierra Nevada
Range4:
Northern Sierra Nevada
Range5:
Central North Sierra (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins
Sacramento
San Francisco Bay
Pacific-Western USA
Pacific Ocean
Ownership
Land: Tahoe National Forest
Topo Map
Sierra City O39120e6 1:24,000
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Other Photos
The summit block of Sierra Buttes. The lookout tower is on the right (2019-10-18). Photo by
Marc Belanger
.
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Below Lookout Tower (2021-01-10).
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Sierra Buttes Summit on a crystal clear day & just a little bit of snow on the way up in the shaded areas (2021-06-10). Photo by
Gretchen Nelson
.
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