Bald Butte
California
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2.9 mi
Distance
1,090 ft
Gain
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What we do know
Inside Six Rivers National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.
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Bald Butte
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 2.9 mi
- Elevation gain
- 1,090 ft
- Highest point
- 1,859 ft
- Lowest point
- 748 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
- Bikes
- Allowed
- Horses
- Allowed
- Surface
- Natural
Source for bikes, horses, surface: USDA Forest Service National Forest System Trails (EDW)
About this trail
Bald Butte is a 2.85-mile out-and-back trail in California with 406 feet of elevation gain. The trail follows an out-and-back route type.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- High point
- 1,859 ft
- Length (round trip)
- 2.9 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
When to go
Typical monthly averages (not a forecast) from the Orleans, CA weather station, 12 mi away. High / low in °F.
- Jan50° high37° low
- Feb55° high39° low
- Mar62° high41° low
- Apr68° high43° low
- May77° high48° low
- Jun83° high52° low
- Jul92° high57° low
- Aug91° high56° low
- Sep86° high51° low
- Oct71° high46° low
- Nov56° high42° low
- Dec48° high37° low
The station sits about 1,500 ft lower than this spot, so expect it to run cooler up here.
Where it is
- Ukonom Ranger District · Ranger district
- Six Rivers National Forest · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Conditions
Active alerts for Ukonom Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:
Ishi Pishi River Area Use Restriction
caution · posted Aug 24, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- Bull Pine MineHiking0.7 mi
- Tar WaterHiking1.3 mi
- Halverson Creek River AccessHiking2.1 mi
- Dillon Creek CampgroundCamping7.1 mi
- DillonCamping7.1 mi
- Oak Bottom CampgroundCamping7.3 mi
- Ukonom CreekCanoeing7.8 mi
- Camp CreekCanoeing9.7 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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