Big Grassy Butte
Big Grassy Butte rises to 1,557 m in Idaho. Crater Butte stands 1,979 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Gerber Butte, a peak 1.1 miles away. Sacajawea Historic Byway passes 13 miles off. 93 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Idaho, United States of America
Wikidata Q49012431, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1557 m
How to reach it
- 12.5 mi off the Sacajawea Historic Byway
- 13.4 mi off the Fort Henry Historic Byway
- 14.6 mi off the Lost Gold Trails Loop
93 named places within 25 miles
- Historic Monument Site of First Ferry: 13.3 mi
- Beaver Dick Park: 13.4 mi
- Market Lake Wildlife Management Area: 14.7 mi
- Aspen Acres DGC: 14.8 mi
- Aspen Acre's Disc Golf Course: 14.8 mi
- Gerber Butte: 1.1 mi
- Little Grassy Butte: 1.6 mi
- Sheepherder Monument Butte: 2.4 mi
- Devil's Dune: 3.6 mi
- Raumaker Butte: 4.0 mi
- Fort Henry Historic Monument: 14.6 mi
- SJ Healing Crossroads Shrine by Scott & Janae Johnson: 14.9 mi
- Education Monument: 17.9 mi
- Veterans Freedom Memorial: 18.0 mi
- Legacy Flight Museum: 16.3 mi
- Romney Geology Museum: 17.8 mi
- Farnsworth TV & Pioneer Museum: 22.9 mi
- Scott Samuelson Labrinth: 10.5 mi
- Civil Defense Caves: 18.4 mi
- Thomas E. Ricks Memorial Gardens: 18.1 mi
- Student Gardens: 18.3 mi
- Egin Bench: 12.6 mi
- Dubois Rest Area, I-15: 16.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Grassy Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crater Butte | NE 35° | 1,979 m | 22.8 mi |
| Freize Knoll | NNE 32° | 1,978 m | 24.3 mi |
| Blacks Knoll | NNE 29° | 1,972 m | 24.3 mi |
| Pine Butte | NNE 32° | 1,962 m | 22.8 mi |
| Cinder Butte | NNE 17° | 1,957 m | 23.5 mi |
| Split Butte | NE 42° | 1,898 m | 24.4 mi |
| West Butte | E 81° | 1,889 m | 7.9 mi |
| Snowshoe Butte | NNE 17° | 1,826 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:03 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 20:31 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:49 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 08:01 | 16:06 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 23 | 35 | 45 | 54 | 61 | 69 | 67 | 58 | 45 | 31 | 20 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hamer 4 NW, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 396116 — Big Grassy Butte, Fremont County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358661200
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