Brown Butte
Brown Butte rises to 1,308 m in Idaho. Skeeter Point stands 1,926 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Dietrich Butte, a peak 3.6 miles away. Sawtooth Scenic Byway passes 8.9 miles off. 54 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.
The story
mountain in Lincoln County, Idaho, United States of America
Wikidata Q49015571, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1308 m
How to reach it
- 8.9 mi off the Sawtooth Scenic Byway
- 22.5 mi off the Peaks to Craters Scenic Byway
- 27.1 mi off the Thousand Springs Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Shoshone Falls Observation Deck · 29 mi
54 named places within 25 miles
- Dietrich Butte: 3.6 mi
- Crater Butte: 4.1 mi
- Johnson Butte: 8.2 mi
- Kinzie Butte: 8.3 mi
- Owinza Butte: 12.0 mi
- Little Drops Recreation Area: 10.2 mi
- Mary L Gooding Memorial Park: 10.5 mi
- Becker Park: 22.9 mi
- Camozzi Park: 23.2 mi
- Gayle Forsyth Memorial Park: 23.4 mi
- Gas Station: 22.0 mi
- Root Cellar: 22.1 mi
- Honor Roll: 22.2 mi
- Military Police Building: 22.2 mi
- Reception Building: 22.2 mi
- Wurst Spring: 21.1 mi
- Martin Spring: 22.2 mi
- Clay Bank Spring: 22.9 mi
- North Queens Crown Springs: 24.2 mi
- Strode Spring: 24.9 mi
- Lincoln County Fairgrounds: 10.3 mi
- Shoshone Ice Caves: 20.3 mi
- Jerome County Fairgrounds: 24.5 mi
- Timmerman Rest Area: 23.2 mi
- Timmerman Rest Area: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brown Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skeeter Point | NNE 12° | 1,926 m | 20.9 mi |
| Horse Mountain | NW 325° | 1,756 m | 21.6 mi |
| Wedge Butte | NNW 347° | 1,706 m | 17.2 mi |
| Queens Crown | NNE 30° | 1,701 m | 23.3 mi |
| Rattlesnake Butte | NNW 340° | 1,638 m | 18.8 mi |
| Ditto Hill | NNW 348° | 1,631 m | 22.4 mi |
| Twin Oaks | WNW 300° | 1,587 m | 19.9 mi |
| Clay Bank Hills | NNW 342° | 1,558 m | 21.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:41 | 19:12 | 19:49 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:37 | 21:20 |
| September equinox | 07:25 | 18:59 | 19:36 |
| December solstice | 08:06 | 16:20 | 17:06 |
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 | 23 | 28 | 37 | 45 | 54 | 62 | 71 | 70 | 60 | 47 | 34 | 24 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richfield, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358650093
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