Black Butte
Black Butte rises to 864 m in Montana. Antoine Butte stands 1,743 m to the south, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Wild Horse Butte, a peak 8.4 miles away. 88 named places lie within 25 miles, 36 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Montana, United States of America
Wikidata Q49013174, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 864 m
How to reach it
88 named places within 25 miles
- BLM: 12.3 mi
- State Trust: 12.6 mi
- BLM: 15.1 mi
- BLM: 15.5 mi
- BLM: 16.0 mi
- Wild Horse Butte: 8.4 mi
- Three Buttes: 8.5 mi
- Mouse Butte: 12.7 mi
- Coming Day Butte: 16.5 mi
- Haystack Butte: 16.8 mi
- Milk River - Dodson Dam Unit Wildlife Management Area: 19.2 mi
- Vision Quest Historical Marker: 20.5 mi
- Fort Belknap Reservation Historical Marker: 20.5 mi
- Harlem Elementary School Park: 24.2 mi
- Lions Club Park: 24.2 mi
- Phillips County Fair Grounds: 20.0 mi
- Pictorial Museum: 20.7 mi
- Nantelle Spring: 24.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antoine Butte | S 181° | 1,743 m | 19.3 mi |
| Shell Butte | S 177° | 1,735 m | 18.8 mi |
| Old Scraggy Peak | S 174° | 1,731 m | 19.0 mi |
| Beaver Mountain | S 173° | 1,689 m | 17.4 mi |
| Mission Peak | S 187° | 1,680 m | 20.3 mi |
| Green Mountain | S 177° | 1,673 m | 17.7 mi |
| Silver Peak | S 181° | 1,664 m | 22.3 mi |
| Gold Bug Butte | S 185° | 1,660 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:46 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 20:30 | 21:19 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 08:03 | 15:29 | 16:23 |
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 | 20 | 22 | 32 | 43 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 68 | 58 | 45 | 32 | 23 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harlem 20S, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 768923 — Black Butte, Blaine County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357924099
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