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Welcome to Black Butte ...

Black Butte is located in Siskiyou County<1>.

Black Butte is 3,920 feet [1,195 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Black Butte is ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Black Butte lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Black Butte: 530

Communities Also Named Black Butte ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Black Butte - it's located in Oregon.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Black Butte.

Communities near Black Butte ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Black Butte.

  • Mount Shasta
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Dunsmuir
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Edgewood
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edgewood
    • Edgewood is located in Siskiyou County
  • Cantara ‑ Historic
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cantara have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cantara
    • Cantara is located in Siskiyou County
  • Shasta Springs
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shasta Springs
    • Shasta Springs is located in Siskiyou County
  • Gazelle
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Big Springs
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Springs
    • Big Springs is located in Siskiyou County
  • McCloud
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Castle Crags ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Castle Crags. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castle Crags
    • Castle Crags is located in Shasta County
  • Cougar ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cougar
    • Cougar is located in Siskiyou County

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Black Butte. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Black Butte.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Black Butte. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Black Butte.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Black Butte. See our Newspapers Page for Black Butte.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Black Butte ...

Looking for more information about Black Butte? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Black Butte, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Black Butte.

Adding Black Butte to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Black Butte in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Black Butte was mentioned on a train schedule titled Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929).

We also found Black Butte in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California & Nevada.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Black Butte.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of California's counties, including Siskiyou, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Black Butte - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.