Butcher Mountain
Butcher Mountain rises to 2,210 m in Montana. Goat Mountain stands 2,687 m to the south-southwest, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Bullet Nose Mountain, a peak 2.7 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Powell County, Montana, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49017188, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,210 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Bullet Nose Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Cayuse Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Fossil Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Pilot Peak: 3.2 mi
- Gordon Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Big Slide: 8.5 mi
- Hoadley Reef: 11.7 mi
- Chinese Wall: 13.6 mi
- Wall Creek Cliffs: 21.3 mi
- Sun River Game Preserve: 21.1 mi
- Seeley Lake Game Preserve: 22.5 mi
- Cottonwood Park: 24.7 mi
- Holland Falls: 14.6 mi
- Morrell Falls: 14.8 mi
- Medicine (Sun River) Springs: 22.2 mi
- Seeley Lake Historical Museum and Visitor Center: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Butcher Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goat Mountain | SSW 202° | 2,687 m | 9.7 mi |
| Twin Peaks | E 81° | 2,664 m | 9.7 mi |
| Junction Mountain | ENE 63° | 2,649 m | 7.4 mi |
| Count Peak | SW 214° | 2,639 m | 11.0 mi |
| Ptarmigan Mountain | WSW 252° | 2,621 m | 12.6 mi |
| Red Butte | NE 40° | 2,614 m | 11.2 mi |
| Cardinal Peak | SW 219° | 2,610 m | 7.7 mi |
| Una Mountain | WSW 254° | 2,604 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:05 | 19:46 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:46 | 21:35 |
| September equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 08:19 | 15:52 | 16:45 |
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 | 22 | 25 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 56 | 64 | 63 | 55 | 42 | 31 | 22 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seeley Lake RS, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 780679 — Butcher Mountain, Powell County, Montana.
OpenStreetMap element node/357933578
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