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Black Butte

Black Butte, seen from above at true elevation

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. 64 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 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
1751 m

How to reach it

Coordinates46.46466, -111.37718

64 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 34
Parks: 14
  • Connors Field: 10.6 mi
  • Thars Gold in Them Thar Hills Historical Marker: 10.7 mi
  • McCarthy Park: 11.7 mi
  • Memorial VeteranPark: 11.9 mi
  • Holloway Park: 12.0 mi
Springs: 5
  • 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
Attractions: 4
  • 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
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Lewis Clark picnic: 18.6 mi
  • Lewis and Clark Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
Museums: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BaldyESE 105°2,878 m6.4 mi
Mount EdithESE 104°2,877 m9.4 mi
Boulder BaldyNNE 21°2,724 m6.8 mi
Boulder MountainNNE 13°2,680 m5.6 mi
Casey PeakW 264°2,588 m21.2 mi
High PeakW 261°2,585 m22.1 mi
Grassy MountainSE 132°2,344 m16.4 mi
Avalanche ButteNNW 346°2,344 m20.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2918:5819:38
June solstice05:3420:3621:23
September equinox07:1318:4519:25
December solstice08:0715:5116:42

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242837455360686657453324
Precip in0.30.30.40.91.82.51.21.10.80.60.40.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Townsend 3SE, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357958279

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