Black Butte
Black Butte rises to 3,197 m in Montana. Taylor Peaks stands 3,428 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Monument Hill, a peak 2.6 miles away.
The story
Black Butte, el. 10,547 feet (3,215 m) is the highest peak in the Gravelly Range in Madison County, Montana. The eastern base of the peak is less than 1 mile (1.6 km) from the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest road #290 (Gravelly Range Road).
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Wikidata Q19867254, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3197 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Monument Hill: 2.6 mi
- Big Horn Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Lion Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Strawberry Butte: 3.5 mi
- Red Hill: 4.2 mi
- Montana State Rest Area: 12.8 mi
- Maloney Spring: 19.6 mi
- Union City: 21.4 mi
- Union City Christeot Mill: 22.0 mi
- Buffalo Jumps: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Black Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Peaks | ENE 65° | 3,428 m | 21.4 mi |
| Echo Peak | E 82° | 3,414 m | 19.4 mi |
| Hilgard Peak | E 87° | 3,409 m | 19.4 mi |
| Koch Peak | ENE 64° | 3,408 m | 21.4 mi |
| Imp Peak | ENE 73° | 3,393 m | 20.6 mi |
| Dutchman Peak | E 84° | 3,318 m | 19.4 mi |
| Sentinel Peak | ENE 77° | 3,295 m | 21.6 mi |
| No Man Peak | NE 56° | 3,285 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:01 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:33 | 21:18 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 08:03 | 16:01 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 26 | 34 | 41 | 49 | 56 | 64 | 64 | 54 | 43 | 31 | 24 |
| Precip in | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alder 17 S, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 779969 — Black Butte, Madison County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357933175
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