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Buster Butte

Buster Butte, seen from above at true elevation

Buster Butte rises to 1,613 m in Idaho. Rough Mountain stands 2,080 m to the south, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Poison Butte, a peak 6.7 miles away. 37 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 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
1,613 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.35379, -115.84537

37 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 28
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
Rough MountainS2,080 m22.4 mi
Otter ButtesSSW1,914 m17.4 mi
Turner ButteW1,864 m15.2 mi
Wild Horse TableWNW1,853 m10.9 mi
Turner TableWNW1,830 m17.2 mi
Black RockSSE1,830 m20.4 mi
Bull Creek PointS1,828 m17.5 mi
Rizzi TableSSE1,826 m21.5 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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