Last year someone proposed a new name for the Sutter Buttes last year, raising quite the response from those who live in the foreground of “the world’s smallest mountain range.” The outcome ...

The Sutter Buttes name debate continues, with proposals like Sacred Buttes and Middle Mountain aiming to honor Native American heritage and history.

The Sutter Buttes are not technically a mountain range, but the leftovers of volcanic action that occurred more than a million years ago. The remnants of the dormant volcano created a ring that ...

Recently, a petition was filed to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to change the name of the Sutter Buttes.

The Sutter Buttes are a cluster of volcanic domes about 55 miles northwest of Sacramento, and the remains of the Central Valley’s lone, and now dormant, volcano.

At its peak, Sutter Buttes stands just 610 meters (2,000 feet) tall. This means it would be dwarfed by the Rockies, which reach heights of 4,400 meters (14,438 feet) (4,40 meters) above sea level.