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Austin Butte

Austin Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Austin Butte rises to 1,245 m in Idaho. Wild Horse Table stands 1,853 m to the west-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Twin Butte, a peak 3.9 miles away. Owyhee Uplands Back Country Byway passes 29 miles off. 36 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.

The story

Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49009319, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1,245 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.57407, -115.65314

36 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 28
Cliffs: 3
Parks: 2
Beaches: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • Wickahoney Post Office and Stage Station: 18.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Jarbidge Falls: 19.3 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Austin Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wild Horse TableWSW1,853 m24.2 mi
The IslandWSW1,732 m21.5 mi
Poison ButteSW1,682 m18.1 mi
Buster ButteSSW1,613 m18.1 mi
Clover ButteSE1,574 m18.6 mi
Gedney ButteWSW1,538 m13.8 mi
Horse ButteESE1,533 m23.9 mi
Monument ButteSSW1,479 m11.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:1819:55
June solstice06:0620:4221:24
September equinox07:3119:0419:42
December solstice08:1016:2717:13

Local time (America/Boise).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F354048546270787667554335
Precip in1.00.50.70.71.20.60.10.10.30.60.60.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bruneau, 23 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358649767

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