Button Mountain

Button Mountain: 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 Button Mountain

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 Button Mountain — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.75712, -119.66436. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Button Mountain

• Granite Mountain Reservoir · lake · Washoe · ~16 km · Must-see
• Great Boiling Spring Park · park · Washoe · ~34 km · Must-see
• Selenite Mountains Wilderness Study Area · viewpoint · Pershing · ~46 km · Must-see
• Luxor Peak · viewpoint · Pershing · ~55 km · Must-see
• Old Razorback Mountain · viewpoint · Pershing · ~55 km · Must-see
• Dodge Reservoir · lake · Lassen · ~59 km · Must-see
• Calico Mountains Wilderness · sanctuary · Humboldt · ~60 km · Must-see
• Kumiva Peak · viewpoint · Pershing · ~65 km · Must-see
• Purgatory Peak · viewpoint · Pershing · ~70 km · Must-see
• Mount Limbo Wilderness Study Area · sanctuary · Pershing · ~72 km · Must-see
• Hot Springs Peak · viewpoint · Lassen · ~72 km · Must-see
• Hat Mountain · viewpoint · Lassen · ~73 km · Must-see
• Boulder Dam · lake · Washoe · ~8 km
• Boulder Dam Reservoir · lake · Washoe · ~8 km
• Granite Mountain Dam · lake · Washoe · ~16 km
• Smoke Creek Valley Opening · viewpoint · Washoe · ~17 km
• Too Kapu Tawaka · viewpoint · Washoe · ~18 km
• Dewey Parker Dam Number Two · lake · Washoe · ~25 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Button Mountain

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Button Mountain

• Selenite Mountains Wilderness Study Area · viewpoint · Pershing · ~46 km · Must-see
• Luxor Peak · viewpoint · Pershing · ~55 km · Must-see
• Old Razorback Mountain · viewpoint · Pershing · ~55 km · Must-see
• Kumiva Peak · viewpoint · Pershing · ~65 km · Must-see
• Purgatory Peak · viewpoint · Pershing · ~70 km · Must-see
• Hot Springs Peak · viewpoint · Lassen · ~72 km · Must-see
• Hat Mountain · viewpoint · Lassen · ~73 km · Must-see
• Rocky Peak · viewpoint · Humboldt · ~79 km · Must-see
• Shaffer Mountain · viewpoint · Lassen · ~85 km · Must-see
• High Rock Canyon Wilderness · viewpoint · Washoe · ~90 km · Must-see

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