Black Butte (Siskiyou County, California) - Wikipedia
Black Butte (formerly Wintoon Butte, Cone Mountain, Sugar Loaf and Muir's Peak [5]) is a cluster of overlapping dacite lava domes in a butte, [2] a satellite cone of Mount Shasta. [6] It is located directly adjacent to the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 at milepost 742 between the cities of Mount Shasta and Weed, California .
Black Butte (CA) : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering - SummitPost
Black Butte is one of the Cascade Range's southernmost volcanoes, rising up dramatically directly next to I-5 in northern California. Black Butte is a plug dome that was formed about the same time as Shastina, Shasta's parasitic western cone.
Shasta-Trinity National Forest - Black Butte Trail - US Forest Service
Black Butte is a steep, nearly treeless dome of hornblende andesite. It was formed about 10,000 years ago at about the same time as Shastina Crater on Mt. Shasta. A large crater first developed at the base of Mt. Shasta.
Black Butte (Glenn County, California) - Wikipedia
Black Butte is a mountain butte located in the Northern Coast Ranges of California south of Mendocino Pass. It rises to an elevation of 7,455 feet (2,272 m) north of the Black Butte River. The mountain on the Mendocino National Forest is the highest point in county of Glenn County.
Black Butte Lake, California - Recreation.gov
Situated at the northern end of the Sacramento Valley, 30 minutes south of Red Bluff. This quiet park, surrounded by beautiful, dark volcanic buttes, is well known for fishing, sailing, water skiing and camping. Contact reserveusa.com for camping reservation information.
Black Butte, California - 628 Reviews, Map - AllTrails
Head out on this 5.0-mile out-and-back trail near Mount Shasta, California. Generally considered a challenging route. This is a very popular area for hiking, so you'll likely encounter other people while exploring.
Black Butte: Mt. Shasta's Ugly Cousin? - Discover Siskiyou
2019年5月6日 · Located directly adjacent to I-5 at milepost 742 between the city of Mount Shasta and Weed, California, Black Butte is what’s called a plug dome volcano, meaning that it started out as a large crater at the base of Mount Shasta, and then got formed by thick magma that kept pushing upwards and overflowing during multiple eruptions.
Black Butte - Mount Shasta Trail Association
Black Butte Trail Elevation Profile. Difficulty: moderate. When to Hike: mid-May through mid-November. Controlling Agency: Mount Shasta Ranger Station, Shasta-Trinity National Forest, 204 West Alma, Mount Shasta, CA 96067. (530) 926-4511.
Hike Black Butte Trail: Summit Vista of Mount Shasta!
2019年5月31日 · To those traveling Interstate 5 in far Northern California, Black Butte looms as a dark, impossibly steep visage rising 2,400 feet right beside the freeway. Surprisingly, a moderately graded hiking trail can take you to the summit of this young volcano, where spectacular views await.
Black Butte, Mount Shasta, California - The Outbound
Black Butte is hard to miss from I-5 as it winds past the city of Mount Shasta. This lava dome formed roughly 9,000–10,000 years ago and isn't a cinder cone, though it does look like one. The rock that makes Black Butte was extruded instead of spewed, then broke apart as it cooled.