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American Butte

American Butte, seen from above at true elevation

American Butte rises to 722 m in Washington. Snowy Mountain stands 2,586 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Nighthawk, a ghost town 1.8 miles away. JCT SR 153 VIC PATEROS TO CANADIAN BORDER passes 7.8 miles off.

The story

mountain in Washington, United States of America

Wikidata Q49008700, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
722 m

How to reach it

Coordinates48.99293, -119.63452

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 20
  • Desert Park Exhibition Society: 7.1 mi
  • Shady Park: 9.0 mi
  • Osoyoos Lake Regional Park: 9.0 mi
  • Oroville Community Soccer Field: 9.6 mi
  • Osoyoos Lake Veteran's Memorial Park: 9.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Historic sites: 2
Springs: 2
  • Smugglers Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Ethel Spring: 16.4 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Striding Sasquatch: 13.5 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Tonasket Comancheros Rodeo Grounds: 22.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Bighorn Falls: 22.7 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of American Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snowy MountainWNW 290°2,586 m11.3 mi
Windy PeakWSW 254°2,540 m15.9 mi
Armstrong MountainW 272°2,481 m13.8 mi
Arnold PeakW 269°2,462 m13.0 mi
Wolframite MountainW 269°2,440 m22.4 mi
Armstrong Mountain NorthwestW 272°2,425 m14.1 mi
Chopaka MountainWSW 250°2,403 m7.3 mi
Haig MountainW 267°2,392 m17.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3019:11
June solstice04:5520:1721:07
September equinox06:4618:1718:58
December solstice07:5115:0816:04

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293443515965727161493629

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tonasket 4 NNE, 18 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1515848 — American Butte, Okanogan County, Washington.

OpenStreetMap element node/356544089

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