Black Butte
Black Butte rises to 1,751 m in Montana. Mount Baldy stands 2,878 m to the east-southeast, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Hooligans Hill, a peak 1.5 miles away. Kings Hill Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off. 61 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Broadwater County, Montana, United States of America; geonames ID = 5640581.
Wikidata Q49013180, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,751 m
How to reach it
- 25.7 mi off the Kings Hill Scenic Byway
61 named places within 25 miles
- Hooligans Hill: 1.5 mi
- Dutchie Butte: 1.9 mi
- Pilot Knob: 3.4 mi
- Boulder Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Mount Baldy: 6.4 mi
- Connors Field: 10.6 mi
- McCarthy Park: 11.7 mi
- Memorial VeteranPark: 11.9 mi
- Holloway Park: 12.0 mi
- Massa Park: 12.1 mi
- Elkhorn Spring: 19.1 mi
- Spring Gulch Water Source: 22.4 mi
- Bomar Spring: 22.9 mi
- White Rock Spring: 22.9 mi
- Piedmont Spring: 23.5 mi
- Townsend Fairgrounds: 10.9 mi
- Edgewater Farms: 16.7 mi
- Lorelei day use area: 18.8 mi
- Fish Hawk Day use Area: 19.9 mi
- Louisville: 21.0 mi
- Calkins: 21.8 mi
- Lombard: 24.7 mi
- Sixteen: 25.0 mi
- Lewis Clark picnic: 18.6 mi
- Lewis and Clark Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
- Broadwater County Museum: 11.9 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 | ESE 105° | 2,878 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Edith | ESE 104° | 2,877 m | 9.4 mi |
| Boulder Baldy | NNE 21° | 2,724 m | 6.8 mi |
| Boulder Mountain | NNE 13° | 2,680 m | 5.6 mi |
| Casey Peak | W 264° | 2,588 m | 21.2 mi |
| High Peak | W 261° | 2,585 m | 22.1 mi |
| Grassy Mountain | SE 132° | 2,344 m | 16.4 mi |
| Avalanche Butte | NNW 346° | 2,344 m | 20.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 18:58 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 20:36 | 21:23 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 08:07 | 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/357958279
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