Black Butte
Black Butte rises to 1,577 m in Montana. Big Pryor Mountain stands 2,675 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Spring, a spring 6.2 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 24 miles off. 58 named places lie within 25 miles, 14 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,577 m
How to reach it
- 24.5 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
58 named places within 25 miles
- Bear Spring: 6.2 mi
- Bent Spring: 7.2 mi
- Ingram Spring: 8.1 mi
- Indian Spring: 8.2 mi
- Angus Spring: 8.5 mi
- Bridger City Park: 11.0 mi
- Bridger Basketball Court: 11.1 mi
- Jim Bridger Park: 11.1 mi
- Memorial Park: 11.1 mi
- Bridger Elementary School Park: 11.3 mi
- Schwend Hill: 9.2 mi
- Deer Mountain: 9.3 mi
- West Pryor Mountain: 11.1 mi
- Crown Butte: 12.2 mi
- Round Butte: 12.3 mi
- Clarks Fork Valley Museum: 16.0 mi
- Chief Plenty Coups Museum: 18.9 mi
- Chief Plenty Coups House: 19.0 mi
- Carbon County Museum: 24.5 mi
- Gramps Bluff: 13.8 mi
- Tony Island: 17.5 mi
- Ewing-Snell Ranch: 24.5 mi
- Caroline Lockhart Ranch: 24.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Pryor Mountain | E 99° | 2,675 m | 13.5 mi |
| East Pryor Mountain | E 94° | 2,673 m | 19.9 mi |
| Red Pryor Mountain | ESE 109° | 2,575 m | 15.0 mi |
| Crown Butte | ENE 68° | 2,097 m | 12.2 mi |
| West Pryor Mountain | NE 35° | 2,036 m | 11.1 mi |
| The Big Slide | WNW 289° | 1,555 m | 17.9 mi |
| Penney Peak | ESE 121° | 1,536 m | 19.6 mi |
| Stratford Hill | NNE 17° | 1,514 m | 23.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:49 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:28 | 20:21 | 21:07 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:35 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 15:47 | 16:36 |
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 | 27 | 36 | 44 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 68 | 58 | 46 | 34 | 25 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bridger 2 N, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357933176
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