Black Butte
Black Butte rises to 1,641 m in Idaho. Elk Mountain stands 2,683 m to the south, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Marshall Butte, a peak 3.7 miles away. Thousand Springs Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off. 50 named places lie within 25 miles, 39 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Owyhee County, Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49013163, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,641 m
How to reach it
- 26.2 mi off the Thousand Springs Scenic Byway
50 named places within 25 miles
- Marshall Butte: 3.7 mi
- Coonskin Butte: 5.1 mi
- Pigtail Butte: 8.7 mi
- Signal Butte: 9.0 mi
- Cedar Butte: 9.5 mi
- Whiteside Spring: 14.8 mi
- Granite Spring: 17.3 mi
- Strawberry Spring: 20.1 mi
- Coyote Spring: 20.5 mi
- Chicken Spring: 21.2 mi
- Black Rock: 17.0 mi
- Castle Rock: 18.1 mi
- Balanced Rock State Park: 19.6 mi
- Balanced Rock: 19.6 mi
- Castle Grayskull: 22.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elk Mountain | S 176° | 2,683 m | 22.2 mi |
| Red Point | S 175° | 2,679 m | 22.2 mi |
| Wrangle Mountain | S 174° | 2,416 m | 24.0 mi |
| Quartzite Butte | S 174° | 2,407 m | 24.9 mi |
| China Mountain | SE 142° | 2,298 m | 19.8 mi |
| Steamboat | SE 145° | 2,147 m | 23.4 mi |
| Little Tug | SE 145° | 2,062 m | 22.8 mi |
| Twin Buttes | SE 128° | 2,060 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:44 | 19:16 | 19:53 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 20:39 | 21:21 |
| September equinox | 07:28 | 19:02 | 19:39 |
| December solstice | 08:07 | 16:26 | 17:12 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 33 | 41 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 69 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Castleford 2 N, 22 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 395111 — Black Butte, Owyhee County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358660427
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