Big Southern Butte
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Big Southern Butte rises to 2,273 m in Idaho. Howe Peak stands 2,651 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Butte, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway passes 21 miles off. 52 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.
The story
Big Southern Butte is the largest and youngest (300,000 years old) of three rhyolitic domes formed over a million years near the center of the Eastern Snake River Plain in the U.S. state of Idaho. It is one of the largest volcanic domes on Earth. It rises approximately 2500 vertical feet (762 m) above the lava plain in southern Butte County, east of Craters of the Moon National Monument. Big Southern Butte consists of two coalesced lava domes with a base diameter of 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) and a combined volume of approximately 8 cubic kilometres (1.9 cu mi).
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Wikidata Q4906398, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,273 m
How to reach it
- 20.9 mi off the Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
52 named places within 25 miles
- Big Butte: 0.0 mi
- Cedar Butte: 5.9 mi
- Rock Corral Butte: 6.5 mi
- Rock Butte: 6.8 mi
- Coyote Butte: 7.1 mi
- Lava Field: 16.7 mi
- Bridge of Tears: 20.6 mi
- Arco Rodeo Grounds: 21.4 mi
- Bridge of the Moon: 22.9 mi
- Natural Arch: 23.9 mi
- Rock of Ages: 22.6 mi
- Gateway Rock: 22.6 mi
- Watch Tower: 22.6 mi
- Sea of Joy: 22.7 mi
- USS Hawkbill Memorial: 21.4 mi
- C. A. Bottolfsen: 21.6 mi
- Experimental Breeder Reactor I: 8.0 mi
- Big Lost River Rest Area: 10.6 mi
- Bottolfsen Park: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Southern Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howe Peak | N 350° | 2,651 m | 22.3 mi |
| Arco Peak | NW 324° | 2,299 m | 23.3 mi |
| Big Butte | NE 51° | 2,296 m | 0.0 mi |
| East Butte | ENE 69° | 2,003 m | 19.3 mi |
| Middle Butte | ENE 65° | 1,948 m | 15.8 mi |
| Crescent Butte | W 272° | 1,825 m | 24.1 mi |
| Fissure Butte | W 262° | 1,790 m | 22.5 mi |
| Quaking Aspen Butte | W 268° | 1,787 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:07 | 19:45 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:33 | 21:17 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:54 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 08:02 | 16:13 | 17:00 |
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 | 17 | 22 | 34 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 67 | 57 | 44 | 29 | 18 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Idaho Falls 46 W, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358661203
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