Blacktail Butte
Blacktail Butte rises to 1,406 m in Idaho. Pyramid Peak stands 2,551 m to the south, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Cotter Bar, a picnic site 1.3 miles away. Northwest Passage Scenic Byway passes 4.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Idaho County, Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49014106, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,406 m
How to reach it
- 4.2 mi off the Northwest Passage Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Upper Gospel Lake Viewpoint · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- North Blacktail Butte: 2.4 mi
- Sugarloaf: 4.3 mi
- Monument Hill: 5.0 mi
- High Camp: 6.5 mi
- Lone Fir Hill: 6.9 mi
- Fish Creek Recreation Area: 5.3 mi
- Lions Club Park: 6.0 mi
- Pioneer Park: 6.1 mi
- Soroptomist Park: 6.6 mi
- Eimers-Soltman Park: 7.1 mi
- Huddleson Bluff: 9.5 mi
- Dizzy Head: 13.0 mi
- Penny Cliffs: 18.6 mi
- Bug Slope: 19.5 mi
- Moughmer Point: 20.3 mi
- Cotter Bar: 1.3 mi
- Blackerby Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
- McAllister Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
- Skookumchuck Recreation Site: 20.1 mi
- Freds Spring: 7.9 mi
- Pig Foot Spring: 11.9 mi
- Peter Ready Spring: 14.8 mi
- Joe Spring: 24.5 mi
- Button Beach: 19.1 mi
- Skookumchuck Beach: 20.1 mi
- Twin Bridges Beach: 21.2 mi
- Mount Idaho: 4.2 mi
- Joseph: 24.0 mi
- Idaho County Fairgrounds: 20.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Blacktail Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pyramid Peak | S 170° | 2,551 m | 18.0 mi |
| Gospel Peak | S 172° | 2,486 m | 18.8 mi |
| Gospel Hill | S 174° | 2,474 m | 18.1 mi |
| Square Mountain | SSE 162° | 2,433 m | 21.1 mi |
| Round Top | S 178° | 2,380 m | 19.7 mi |
| Umbrella Butte | S 174° | 2,377 m | 21.1 mi |
| Baking Powder Mountain | SE 141° | 2,310 m | 17.7 mi |
| Little Round Top | S 178° | 2,272 m | 19.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:17 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 04:54 | 19:52 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:04 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:12 | 16:02 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 34 | 39 | 45 | 53 | 59 | 68 | 68 | 59 | 47 | 37 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Grangeville, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358661259
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