Button Butte
Button Butte rises to 2,045 m in Idaho. Mount Jefferson stands 3,097 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Camas Meadows Battle Site, a historic site 5.8 miles away. Fort Henry Historic Byway passes 3.2 miles off. 62 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Idaho, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49017290, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,045 m
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Fort Henry Historic Byway
- 5.2 mi off the Lost Gold Trails Loop
- 24.2 mi off the Mesa Falls Scenic Byway
62 named places within 25 miles
- Lookout Point: 6.8 mi
- Castle Peak: 7.9 mi
- Slide Mountain: 8.2 mi
- Big Table Mountain: 8.3 mi
- Threemile Knoll: 8.5 mi
- United States Sheep Experiment Station: 18.4 mi
- Centennial Mountain Shores Park: 22.6 mi
- Harriman State Park: 23.2 mi
- Camas Meadows Battle Site: 5.8 mi
- China Point: 15.0 mi
- Civil Defense Caves: 20.5 mi
- Brower's Spring: 22.9 mi
- Dubois Rest Area, I-15: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Button Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Jefferson | ENE 66° | 3,097 m | 21.8 mi |
| Jefferson Mount | ENE 66° | 3,071 m | 21.8 mi |
| Baldy Mountain | NNE 12° | 3,008 m | 9.3 mi |
| Sawtell Peak | ENE 69° | 3,008 m | 24.5 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | NE 52° | 2,991 m | 14.1 mi |
| Slide Mountain | NNE 18° | 2,989 m | 8.2 mi |
| Sheep Mountain | NE 42° | 2,926 m | 13.0 mi |
| Red Rock Mountain | ENE 64° | 2,896 m | 22.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:02 | 19:40 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 20:32 | 21:16 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:49 | 19:27 |
| December solstice | 08:02 | 16:03 | 16:51 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 14 | 16 | 25 | 36 | 45 | 53 | 60 | 59 | 51 | 38 | 26 | 14 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lakeview, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 396202 — Button Butte, Clark County, Idaho.
OpenStreetMap element node/358661437
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- Island Park · 28 mi
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