Black Butte
Black Butte rises to 2,013 m in Montana. Mount Baldy stands 2,878 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Grassy Mountain, a peak 4.1 miles away. Kings Hill Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off. 58 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Broadwater County, Montana, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49013178, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,013 m
How to reach it
- 25.0 mi off the Kings Hill Scenic Byway
58 named places within 25 miles
- Grassy Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Sixmile Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Battle Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Wall Mountain: 8.6 mi
- Sherlock Mountain: 8.7 mi
- Connors Field: 14.6 mi
- McCarthy Park: 14.7 mi
- Holloway Park: 14.8 mi
- Memorial VeteranPark: 15.0 mi
- Heritage Park: 15.2 mi
- Edgewater Farms: 13.3 mi
- Townsend Fairgrounds: 13.3 mi
- State Trust: 16.2 mi
- BLM: 18.2 mi
- Broadwater County Museum: 15.0 mi
- Wallrock: 23.1 mi
- Elkhorn Spring: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Black Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Baldy | NNW 348° | 2,878 m | 10.3 mi |
| Mount Edith | N 5° | 2,877 m | 9.5 mi |
| Boulder Baldy | NNW 342° | 2,724 m | 19.0 mi |
| Boulder Mountain | NNW 338° | 2,680 m | 18.6 mi |
| Elk Peak | ENE 63° | 2,607 m | 24.1 mi |
| Wapiti Peak | ENE 61° | 2,599 m | 24.5 mi |
| Blacktail Mountain | SSE 161° | 2,551 m | 19.3 mi |
| Willow Peak | ENE 60° | 2,550 m | 23.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 18:58 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 20:34 | 21:21 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 08:06 | 15:51 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 28 | 37 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 68 | 66 | 57 | 45 | 33 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Townsend 3SE, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357933190
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