slgwv's photos with the keyword: Sutter Buttes

With sunset lighting. The air is hazy from all the wildfires in California last fall. The Sutter Buttes are a set of volcanic hills improbably set out in the middle of the Sacramento Valley. They, alas, are all private land--no routine public access--but evidently there are scheduled hikes on summer weekends.

A set of volcanic domes improbably situated out in the middle of California's Central Valley. This was as close as I got this trip due to lack of time! The Buttes are all private land at present, but under an arrangement with the landowners a group leads hikes into them on weekends in the spring and fall. One of these days-- The Buttes are named for John Sutter, who had the misfortune to have gold discovered on his land grant in 1848, leading to the California Gold Rush.