Black Butte
Black Butte rises to 2,559 m in Montana. Electric Peak stands 3,341 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Lava Butte, a peak 1.5 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,559 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Lava Butte: 1.5 mi
- King Butte: 2.6 mi
- Crown Butte: 3.1 mi
- Big Horn Peak: 3.3 mi
- Meldrum Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Gallatin Game Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Gallatin State Wildlife Management Area: 7.3 mi
- Cabin Creek Wildlife Management Area: 10.7 mi
- Golden Stone Park - South: 18.7 mi
- Golden Stone Park - North: 18.8 mi
- Corey Spring: 16.2 mi
- Orange Spring Mound: 19.2 mi
- Cupid Spring: 19.5 mi
- New Blue Spring: 19.5 mi
- Palette Spring: 19.6 mi
- Red Cliff: 11.6 mi
- Devils Slide: 15.1 mi
- Rigler Bluffs: 16.0 mi
- Dick Randall Point: 16.7 mi
- Point of Rocks: 18.7 mi
- Arch Park Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- Mammoth Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- Albright Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
- 45th Parallel Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
- Sheepeater Cliff Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
- Yellowstone Hot Springs: 15.9 mi
- Roosevelt Arch: 19.0 mi
- Yellowstone Gateway Garden: 19.1 mi
- Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces: 19.6 mi
- Osprey Falls: 21.5 mi
- Rustic Falls: 19.4 mi
- Undine Falls: 23.2 mi
- Wraith Falls: 24.1 mi
- Aldridge: 17.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Black Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electric Peak | E 98° | 3,341 m | 12.8 mi |
| Sentinel Peak | WSW 256° | 3,295 m | 16.5 mi |
| Woodward Mountain | W 264° | 3,246 m | 15.6 mi |
| Sage Peak | SW 226° | 3,189 m | 10.1 mi |
| Joseph Peak | ESE 116° | 3,176 m | 11.5 mi |
| Redstreak Peak | SW 215° | 3,151 m | 9.8 mi |
| Gray Peak | ESE 120° | 3,139 m | 12.1 mi |
| Bannock Peak | SE 131° | 3,137 m | 14.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 18:58 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:30 | 21:16 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 08:01 | 15:57 | 16:46 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 13 | 17 | 26 | 35 | 45 | 54 | 62 | 61 | 52 | 39 | 26 | 14 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hebgen DAM, 17 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Yellowstone National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Nov and Mar; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357956466
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- Gardiner · 19 mi
- West Yellowstone · 26 mi
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