swap_horiz Arthur's Seat Alternatives

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East Mitten Butte

East Mitten Butte is an isolated sandstone butte in Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, within the Navajo Nation near th...

Arizona Landmark Sandstone Monument Valley

9.2 Excellent

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West Mitten Butte

West Mitten Butte is one of the two Mitten Buttes in Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, within the Navajo Nation near t...

Arizona Landmark Sandstone Monument Valley

9.2 Excellent

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Cathedral Rock

Cathedral Rock is a prominent red-rock formation near Sedona in central Arizona, within the Coconino National Forest. It...

Arizona Red Rock Climbing Sandstone

9.2 Excellent

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Kata Tjuta

Kata Tjuta is a group of 36 massive domed rock formations in Australia's Northern Territory, west of Uluru, within Uluru...

Australia Conglomerate World Heritage Northern Territory

9.2 Excellent

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Bungle Bungle Range

The Bungle Bungle Range is a group of deeply eroded sandstone formations within Purnululu National Park in the Kimberley...

Australia Western Australia Sandstone World Heritage

9.2 Excellent

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Table Mountain (South Africa)

Table Mountain is a flat-topped sandstone mountain overlooking Cape Town and Table Bay in South Africa, with its highest...

South Africa Cape Town Sandstone World Heritage

9.2 Excellent

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Cabezon Peak

Cabezon Peak is a prominent volcanic neck in Sandoval County, New Mexico, west of the Rio Grande. Composed mainly of res...

Climbing Landmark New Mexico Basalt

8.4 Great

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Steamboat Rock

Steamboat Rock is a large basalt butte rising above Banks Lake in Grant County, Washington, within Steamboat Rock State...

Washington Landmark Basalt State Park

8.1 Great

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Dumbarton Rock

Dumbarton Rock is a twin-peaked volcanic plug overlooking the River Clyde at Dumbarton in western Scotland. Dumbarton Ca...

Scotland Historic Basalt Volcanic Plug

8.1 Great

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Black Mesa (Oklahoma)

Black Mesa is a long, flat-topped landform extending across parts of Colorado, New Mexico, and the Oklahoma Panhandle. I...

Oklahoma Mesa Basalt Panhandle

7.6 Good

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Spencer Butte

Spencer Butte is a prominent summit within Eugene, Oregon, rising to approximately 2,055 feet above sea level. Located i...

Hiking Oregon Landmark Basalt

7.5 Good

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Rocky Butte

Rocky Butte is an extinct volcanic cinder cone located in the northeast quadrant of Portland, Oregon, within the larger...

Urban Volcanic Portland Oregon

7.3 Good

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Powell Butte

Powell Butte is an extinct volcanic cinder cone in southeast Portland, Oregon, rising above the surrounding terrain as p...

Volcanic Portland Oregon Basalt

7.2 Good

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Crown Butte (Montana)

Butte in Teton County, Montana, near Choteau, that in the 1990s became the focus of a successful conservation campaign b...

Montana Isolated Landmark Basalt

7.1 Good

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Middle Butte (Idaho)

Middle Butte is a volcanic landform on Idaho's Eastern Snake River Plain, near the cluster that also includes East Butte...

Idaho Volcanic Isolated Basalt

6.5 Fair

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Black Butte (Montana)

Dark-colored butte in Montana whose appearance reflects a volcanic or igneous rock composition that has withstood erosio...

Montana Volcanic Isolated Landmark

6.1 Fair

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Twin Buttes (New Mexico)

Twin Buttes is a pair of buttes in New Mexico that serves as a prominent geographic landmark. The name refers to the pre...

Volcanic Isolated Landmark New Mexico

5.9 Mediocre

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Saddle Butte (Oregon)

Saddle Butte is a volcanic landform in Malheur County, in southeastern Oregon’s high-desert region. It is classified as...

Volcanic Isolated Oregon Basalt

5.9 Mediocre

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Round Butte (Montana)

Rounded erosional butte on the Montana plains, an isolated remnant of the Northern Great Plains rising above the surroun...

Montana Isolated Landmark Basalt

5.8 Mediocre

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Black Butte (Nevada)

A volcanic butte in northern Nevada rising distinctly above the surrounding Basin and Range terrain, used historically a...

Volcanic Isolated Nevada Basalt

5.8 Mediocre