butte
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The patterns also climb the sides of a nearby butte nicknamed "Miraflores."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
Gone were the photographers who climbed the butte overlooking the practice facility — known as Shohei Mountain — to get aerial shots of Ohtani’s arrival.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 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
The mountain’s name, taken from a nearby ranch that used a swastika cattle brand, made news in January when hikers were rescued off the butte, said Kerry Tymchuk, the Oregon Historical Society’s director.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 2, 2022
Small, rudely fashioned models of farmhouses and farmyards covered the top of the butte.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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
Drive 44 miles east along Highway 14 through winding mesas, buttes, and river scenery to the Maryhill Museum of Art.
From Seattle Times ● May 10, 2023
The school looks upon red mesas, buttes and Ponderosa forests.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2023
Many of the caves in the buttes are splattered with ancient pictographs—rock paintings of hands, stars, frogs, and human figures, all reminiscent of Joan Miro, in overlapping red and yellow and brown.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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