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Buster Butte

Buster Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Buster Butte rises to 1,613 m in Idaho. Sugarloaf stands 2,140 m to the south, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Poison Butte, a peak 6.7 miles away. 39 named places lie within 25 miles, 30 of them named summits.

The story

mountain in Idaho, United States of America

Wikidata Q49017157, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1613 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.35379, -115.84537

39 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 30
Springs: 3
Waterfalls: 2
Beaches: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • Wickahoney Post Office and Stage Station: 10.0 mi
Cliffs: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buster Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SugarloafS 189°2,140 m23.2 mi
Rough MountainS 191°2,080 m22.4 mi
Otter ButtesSSW 210°1,914 m17.4 mi
Turner ButteW 277°1,864 m15.2 mi
Wild Horse TableWNW 283°1,853 m10.9 mi
Turner TableWNW 284°1,830 m17.2 mi
Black RockSSE 148°1,830 m20.4 mi
Bull Creek PointS 185°1,828 m17.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4719:1919:56
June solstice06:0720:4221:24
September equinox07:3119:0519:42
December solstice08:1016:2917:14

Local time (America/Boise).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 371813 — Buster Butte, Owyhee County, Idaho.

OpenStreetMap element node/358650172

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