Butcher Knife
Butcher Knife rises to 1,893 m in Utah. Lake Fork Mountain stands 3,320 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Flat Top, a peak 1.2 miles away. Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway passes 6.7 miles off. 105 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Utah, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49017182, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,893 m
How to reach it
- 6.7 mi off the Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway, National
105 named places within 25 miles
- Willow Spring: 13.8 mi
- Cart Hollow Spring: 15.1 mi
- Upper Cart Hollow Springs: 16.8 mi
- Boundary Spring: 16.8 mi
- Seep: 16.9 mi
- Flat Top: 1.2 mi
- Flattop Butte: 7.5 mi
- Washs Nipple: 14.8 mi
- Red Knoll: 15.5 mi
- Todd Hill: 15.5 mi
- Big Sand State Park: 4.0 mi
- Constitution Park: 8.0 mi
- Roosevelt City Walking Park: 8.0 mi
- Central Park: 8.7 mi
- LDS Church Park: 8.7 mi
- Skinwalker Ridge: 14.1 mi
- Chalk Cliffs: 23.6 mi
- Mount Albert: 24.1 mi
- Silvestre Overlook: 24.3 mi
- Northern Ute Veterans Memorial: 14.6 mi
- Potter Castle: 16.4 mi
- Cedarview: 6.4 mi
- Duchesne "D": 17.3 mi
- Ute Ponds Day Use Area Fishing Site: 18.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Butcher Knife. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Fork Mountain | NW 318° | 3,320 m | 23.5 mi |
| Goose Egg Peak | N 6° | 3,258 m | 23.9 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | NNW 345° | 3,195 m | 21.4 mi |
| Pole Mountain | NNE 16° | 3,053 m | 22.1 mi |
| Ice Cave Peak | NNE 33° | 3,051 m | 23.4 mi |
| Mosby Mountain | NNE 33° | 3,051 m | 23.4 mi |
| Whiterocks | NE 36° | 2,647 m | 22.0 mi |
| Washs Nipple | NNW 347° | 2,431 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:57 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:14 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:15 | 16:58 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 23 | 34 | 41 | 50 | 60 | 67 | 65 | 56 | 44 | 31 | 19 |
| Precip in | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Altamont, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356672248
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