Butcher Mountain
Butcher Mountain rises to 3,098 m in Montana. Granite Peak stands 3,904 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Crow Mountain, a peak 2.0 miles away. Beartooth Highway passes 12 miles off.
The story
mountain in Carbon County, Montana, United States of America
Wikidata Q49017184, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3098 m
How to reach it
- 12.2 mi off the Beartooth Highway, National
- 21.1 mi off the Chief Joseph Scenic Highway
Overlooks nearby
- Rock Creek Vista · 13 mi
- Vista Point Observation Site · 13 mi
- Pilot-Index overlook · 20 mi
- Falls · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Crow Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Grass Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Bare Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Sylvan Peak: 4.1 mi
- Three Sisters: 4.3 mi
- Field School Park: 14.8 mi
- Lions Park: 14.8 mi
- Swimming Pool Park: 14.8 mi
- Pride Park: 14.9 mi
- Rotary Park: 14.9 mi
- Lower Cottonwood Spring: 22.7 mi
- Corner Spring: 23.0 mi
- South Robinson Spring: 23.0 mi
- Upper Cottonwood Spring: 23.0 mi
- Ekwortzel Spring: 23.4 mi
- Calamity Falls: 3.6 mi
- Sentinel Falls: 3.8 mi
- Impasse Falls: 11.2 mi
- Beartooth Falls: 19.0 mi
- Woodbine Falls: 19.1 mi
- Limestone Palisades: 10.6 mi
- Buffalo Jump: 20.9 mi
- Carbon County Museum: 14.9 mi
- Cooke City Montana Museum: 22.9 mi
- Rock Creek Vista Point: 13.4 mi
- Clay Butte Lookout: 18.7 mi
- Erma Number 1 Mine: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Butcher Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Peak | WSW 256° | 3,903.5 m | 12.9 mi |
| Granite Peak (Northwest Peak) | WSW 257° | 3,882 m | 13.2 mi |
| Mount Wood | WNW 290° | 3,846 m | 13.5 mi |
| Castle Mountain | SSW 207° | 3,842 m | 8.5 mi |
| Whitetail Peak | SSW 192° | 3,821 m | 8.5 mi |
| Silver Run Peak | S 177° | 3,803 m | 6.1 mi |
| Tempest Mountain | WSW 256° | 3,791 m | 12.1 mi |
| Castle Rock Mountain | SSW 213° | 3,785 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:52 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:25 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 15:50 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 26 | 32 | 37 | 46 | 54 | 62 | 62 | 54 | 42 | 32 | 25 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mystic Lake, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357933575
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