Black Butte (Glenn County, California)

Infobox Mountain
Name = Black Butte
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Elevation = 7,448 ft (2,270 m)
Prominence = 2,436 ft (742 m)
Location = Glenn County, California, USA
Range = Central Northern California Coast Range
Coordinates = coord|39|43|35|N|122|52|20|W|type:mountain_region:US |display=inline
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USGS "Plaskett Meadows"
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Black Butte is a mountain located in the Northern Coast Ranges of California south of Mendocino Pass. It rises to an elevation of Unit ft|7448|0 near a deep river valley containing the Black Butte River.California State Map, 2007.] Cite web|title=Black Butte, USGS PLASKETT MEADOWS (CA) Topo Map|work=USGS Quad maps|url=http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lat=39.72654&lon=-122.87222&datum=nad83&u=4&layer=DRG&size=l&s=25|accessdate=2008-06-29|publisher=TopoQuest.com] The mountain is also the county highpoint of Glenn County. In spite of this large elevation difference between the river valley (elevation:Unit ft|2800|-2) and Black Butte, its prominence is small due the neighboring Plaskett Meadows, a plateau at an elevation of unit ft|6500|-2. The high elevation of the mountain and plateau corresponds to heavy winter snowfall and a low average annual temperature.Cite web|title=Subsection M261Ba - Eastern Franciscan|url=http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/projects/ecoregions/m261ba.htm|accessdate=2007-11-20|publisher=USDA, Forest Service] US Forest Highway 7, a dirt road connection between the eastern and western segments of State Route 162 passes to the north of Black Butte. [Google Earth images.] However, this route is closed in winter due to heavy snowfall.

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*cite web|title=Black Butte, California|url=http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=1170|accessdate=2007-11-20|publisher=Peakbagger.com
*Suttle, Gary. "California County Summits". Berkeley, Ca.: Wilderness Press, 1994.;Specific

ee also

*List of highest points in California by county

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