Black Butte
Black Butte rises to 1,548 m in Idaho. Kelly Mountain stands 2,672 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Twin Oaks, a peak 4.3 miles away. Sawtooth Scenic Byway passes 6.0 miles off. 48 named places lie within 25 miles, 35 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Lincoln County, Idaho, United States of America
Wikidata Q49013161, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1548 m
How to reach it
- 6.0 mi off the Sawtooth Scenic Byway
- 16.9 mi off the Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway
- 27.2 mi off the Thousand Springs Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- viewpoint 1 · 27 mi
- viewpoint 2 · 27 mi
- point 3 · 27 mi
- Chairlift Swing · 27 mi
48 named places within 25 miles
- Twin Oaks: 4.3 mi
- Crows Nest: 6.5 mi
- Kinzie Butte: 8.1 mi
- Horse Mountain: 8.2 mi
- Flat Top Butte: 9.5 mi
- Clay Bank Spring: 12.9 mi
- Martin Spring: 13.7 mi
- Wurst Spring: 13.7 mi
- Little Drops Recreation Area: 11.1 mi
- Mary L Gooding Memorial Park: 14.0 mi
- Shoshone Ice Caves: 13.1 mi
- Lincoln County Fairgrounds: 14.5 mi
- Windmill Bluff: 21.4 mi
- Big Bluff: 22.4 mi
- Timmerman Rest Area: 16.8 mi
- Timmerman Rest Area: 16.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Mountain | N 1° | 2,672 m | 24.7 mi |
| Prospects Hill | NNE 18° | 2,186.635 m | 23.3 mi |
| Davis Mountain | WNW 284° | 2,070 m | 22.6 mi |
| Twin Peaks | WNW 286° | 1,969 m | 20.1 mi |
| Skeeter Point | ENE 57° | 1,926 m | 20.5 mi |
| Rattler Butte | NNE 23° | 1,908 m | 22.9 mi |
| Fir Grove Mountain | WNW 286° | 1,889 m | 16.3 mi |
| Richardson Summit | N 1° | 1,885 m | 20.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:13 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:38 | 21:22 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 08:07 | 16:20 | 17:06 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 35 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 69 | 78 | 76 | 66 | 53 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.6 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shoshone 1 WNW, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358662911
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