White Butte

White Butte: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit White Butte

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach White Butte — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.51930, -120.22723. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near White Butte

• Ochoco Summit · viewpoint · Crook · ~16 km · Must-see
• John Day Fossil Beds - Painted Hills Unit · sanctuary · Wheeler · ~18 km · Must-see
• Ochoco National Forest · sanctuary · Crook · ~34 km · Must-see
• John Day Fossil Beds National Monument · sanctuary · Wheeler · ~34 km · Must-see
• Tittie Butte · viewpoint · Wheeler · ~41 km · Must-see
• Ochoco Dam · lake · Crook · ~58 km · Must-see
• Barnes Butte · viewpoint · Crook · ~65 km · Must-see
• A. R. Bowman Memorial Museum · museum · Crook · ~68 km · Must-see
• Crooked River Park · viewpoint · Crook · ~69 km · Must-see
• Ochoco State Scenic Viewpoint · park · Crook · ~71 km · Must-see
• Grizzly Mountain · viewpoint · Crook · ~73 km · Must-see
• Antelope Flat Reservoir · lake · Crook · ~73 km · Must-see
• Prineville Reservoir · lake · Crook · ~73 km · Must-see
• Masterson Spring · attraction · Wheeler · ~4 km
• Bridge Creek Wilderness · sanctuary · Wheeler · ~6 km
• King Dam · lake · Crook · ~16 km
• Bacon Reservoir · lake · Wheeler · ~18 km
• Carroll Rim · viewpoint · Wheeler · ~19 km

See everything within a day’s drive of White Butte

Other hill stations & viewpoints near White Butte

• Ochoco Summit · viewpoint · Crook · ~16 km · Must-see
• Tittie Butte · viewpoint · Wheeler · ~41 km · Must-see
• Barnes Butte · viewpoint · Crook · ~65 km · Must-see
• Crooked River Park · viewpoint · Crook · ~69 km · Must-see
• Grizzly Mountain · viewpoint · Crook · ~73 km · Must-see
• Powell Buttes · viewpoint · Crook · ~88 km · Must-see
• Gray Butte Trail · viewpoint · Jefferson · ~89 km · Must-see
• Criterion Summit · viewpoint · Wasco · ~99 km · Must-see
• Flagtail Mountain · viewpoint · Grant · ~105 km · Must-see
• Long Creek Mountain · viewpoint · Grant · ~119 km · Must-see

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