Broken Top Butte
Broken Top Butte rises to 1,508 m in Idaho. Bell Mountain stands 2,431 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Sand Butte, a peak 1.4 miles away. Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway passes 12 miles off. 56 named places lie within 25 miles, 49 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Lincoln County, Idaho, United States of America
Wikidata Q49015516, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1508 m
How to reach it
- 11.6 mi off the Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway
- 23.9 mi off the Sawtooth Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
56 named places within 25 miles
- Sand Butte: 1.4 mi
- Spud Butte: 1.9 mi
- Monument Butte: 5.5 mi
- Wagon Butte: 5.6 mi
- Wildhorse Butte: 7.7 mi
- Snowdrift Crater: 19.7 mi
- Brigham Point Cabin: 20.9 mi
- Bridge of the Moon: 22.7 mi
- Lava Trees: 24.4 mi
- North Queens Crown Springs: 12.6 mi
- Strode Spring: 13.0 mi
- Lava Point: 13.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Broken Top Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Mountain | NW 326° | 2,431 m | 23.5 mi |
| Pine Mountain | N 9° | 2,232 m | 18.5 mi |
| Stinson Hill | N 358° | 2,028 m | 19.7 mi |
| Big Cinder Butte | NE 40° | 1,986 m | 24.2 mi |
| Silent Cone | NE 34° | 1,934 m | 24.7 mi |
| Skeeter Point | NW 305° | 1,926 m | 17.7 mi |
| Black Nose | N 355° | 1,865 m | 23.0 mi |
| Broken Top | NE 38° | 1,846 m | 24.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:10 | 19:48 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:36 | 21:19 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:57 | 19:34 |
| December solstice | 08:05 | 16:17 | 17:04 |
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 | 19 | 23 | 33 | 41 | 51 | 58 | 67 | 65 | 57 | 44 | 31 | 21 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Picabo, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 371704 — Broken Top Butte, Lincoln County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358650078
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