The Orland Buttes consist of two
butte
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In geomorphology, a butte () is an isolated hill with steep, often vertical sides and a small, relatively flat top; buttes are smaller landforms than mesas, plateaus, and tablelands. The word ''butte'' comes from a French word mea ...
s (hills) separated by Hambright Creek. They are in
Glenn and
Tehama counties, adjacent to
Black Butte Lake
Black Butte Lake is an artificial lake located in Tehama and Glenn counties in the U.S. state of California. The lake was formed from Stony Creek in 1963 upon the completion of Black Butte Dam by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The dam is loc ...
and west of the city of
Orland and
I-5
Interstate 5 (I-5) is the main north–south Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States, running largely parallel to the Pacific coast of the contiguous U.S. from Mexico to Canada. It travels through the states of Californi ...
. Black Butte Lake is an
artificial lake
A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation.
Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...
created to provide flood control and irrigation.
The Orland Buttes stand in the fields of the northern
Central Valley of
California
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. The southern butte is the highest at while the northern butte has a summit elevation of about
They are a popular hiking/climbing destination.
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Buttes of California
Landforms of Tehama County, California
Landforms of Glenn County, California
Tourist attractions in Glenn County, California
Tourist attractions in Tehama County, California
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