butte
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The patterns also climb the sides of a nearby butte nicknamed "Miraflores."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
There will be two reservoirs — one up on the butte, another 1,000 feet below.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
A flat, shady trail transitions to steep switchbacks through meadows and wildflowers approaching the top of the butte and ridge, all leading to the newly restored fire lookout.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 26, 2023
An Oregon butte unfortunately titled “Swastika Mountain” will be getting a new name in the near future.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 24, 2022
“I don’t know what America’s thinking was,” said Jerrod as the pickup edged its way to a little butte rising out of the stubble and the rock.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
In 2003, Westrup heard through an intermediary that someone with land in the buttes was looking to sell.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2024
“I mean, everybody loves the profile of the buttes when they pass it, but once they get inside, I mean, they’re hooked.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2024
My roughly 60-mile section was marked by sienna-hued mesas and buttes, and cornflower-blue skies.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2024
Across 15,000 square miles, between Spokane, Quincy and Walla Walla, the landscape is teeming with desolate cliffs, buttes and canyons.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 2, 2024
But humans being what they are, and I being human, I turned off the highway on a shaley road and headed in among the buttes, but with a shyness as though I crashed a party.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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Geological Features
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